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Claus
Hoie

1911 — 2007 · Modern

Claus Hoie: A Mariner's Eye for Detail and Narrative Claus Hoie (1911-2007) was born in Stavanger, Norway, amidst a lineage steeped in seafaring tradition. His grandfather and father were both ship’s captains, shaping his formative years with tales of voyages and the boundless expanse of …

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Claus Hoie
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Claus Hoie'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