Free theme
Let the works speak
A quiet, gallery-like site: your name over a framed artwork, the works with year, technique and size, and the exhibitions in order.
Five ready palettes: Gold leaf, Burnt sienna, Ultramarine, Sage, Black and white.
Made for artists
The parts of a good portfolio
Every part is an ordinary block with an Atelier class, so the site stays easy to change.
Framed opening
Your name in a translucent card overlapping a framed artwork.
Gallery of works
Each work with its title, then year, technique and size; the caption slides up on hover.
Exhibitions timeline
Exhibitions and awards on a thin gold line, year by year.
Biography and statement
Text in newspaper columns, a big initial and your statement large and centered.
Light and fast
No lightbox and no scripts: pictures open fast, also on phones.
Helps your AI assistant
The theme explains its styles to the AI assistants connected to your site, so they write pages that fit.
Like a gallery
Your name, your work
A painter demo: the name and the years in a light card over a framed artwork.
The works
A gallery with all the details
Selected works in a calm grid, with plenty of white around each picture.
Phones
Ready for every screen
On a phone the works line up one after the other, still with their details.
Get started
Ready in a few minutes
Install it
In Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme, choose Atelier, install it and activate it.
Add your name
In Appearance → Customize, set your name, what you do (“Painter”, “Photographer”) and the palette.
Use the Atelier styles
Give a block a Atelier class in its sidebar (Advanced → Additional CSS class), or ask your AI assistant to do it.
You need Cleitext 0.79 or later.
Questions
Is Atelier free?
Yes, for any number of sites, under the GPL.
Is it only for painters?
No: it suits photographers, illustrators, sculptors and artisans as well.
Can I change the colors?
Yes: pick one of the ready palettes in Customize, or choose your own colors.
Goes well with
Other themes and plugins
Diorama
Sliders and hero sections, quick to make and light on your pages: pick your photos, write a title and a button, done; or place headings, texts, buttons, images and icons on the slide, with a layout for each device. Entrance effects, transitions, video backgrounds, Ken Burns, ten ready-made templates and the latest blog posts as slides. Accessible by default, responsive images, no layout shift, a tiny script only where a slider is. A block, a Fresco widget and a shortcode. One slider per site; Diorama Pro adds more.
Forms
A contact form block, included in Cleitext: messages are stored and emailed, with spam protection and a privacy notice.
Multilingual
Several languages on a site: translations of content, categories and menus, language addresses, hreflang and a language switcher for every theme. Free with the default language and one more, on one site; Multilingual Pro adds every language, every site, automatic translation and more.
Community
Cleitext grows with you
Found a problem, or missing a feature? Tell us on GitHub: every report is read and taken care of. And if you like Cleitext, leave a star: it helps others find it.
Free, open source, yours
Like every free theme in the official catalog: GPL license, no subscription, no limits.
