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illingworth
kerr

1905 — 1989 · Modern

Illingworth ‘Buck’ Kerr (1905-1989): The Prairie Painter Illingworth Holey Kerr (20 August 1905 – 6 January 1989) was a Canadian painter, illustrator and writer who achieved renown for his evocative landscapes of the Saskatchewan and Alberta prairies and foothills. Born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Kerr’s early …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from illingworth kerr'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