peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm He subsequently took up oil

He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium

Alfons Maria Mucha known internationally as Alphonse Mucha

the 100-plate series Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904

Alcide d'Orbigny

peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm He subsequently took up oilThe coronate jellyfish of this plate come from the deeper, darker reaches of the ocean, and Haeckel drew them with a fittingly dramatic touch. Their crowned, grooved bells sit above short, sturdy tentacles, arranged in warm browns, reds and ambers against a shadowy background so that they seem to hang suspended in the deep. There is a richness and weight to these medusae that sets them apart from his paler jellyfish studies. The illustration is part