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alexander
schawinsky

1904 — 1979 · Modern

The Bauhaus Crucible and the Birth of an Avant-Garde Vision Alexander “Xanti” Schawinsky’s journey began in the intellectual cradle of Basel, Switzerland, but his spirit truly found its rhythm within the radical, transformative halls of the Bauhaus. Enrolling in Weimar in 1924, he entered a …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from alexander schawinsky'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