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töpffer

1766 — 1847 · Early Modern

Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer: Pioneer of Alpine Landscape Painting and Father of the Comic Book Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer (20 May 1766, Geneva – 10 August 1847, Geneva), also Adam-Wolfgang or simply Adam Töpffer, was a Swiss painter who specialized in landscapes and watercolors. His son, Rodolphe Töpffer, is …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from adam töpffer's own colours

Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers