gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm blues and violets

blues and violets

near-formless animals look architectural — every curve deliberate

Haeckel's celebrated portfolio of 100 lithographs produced at the turn of the twentieth century

and painter

gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm blues and violetsSinuous, intelligent and a little mysterious, the cephalopods on this plate are among the ocean's most captivating creatures and Ernst Haeckel clearly relished drawing them. Octopuses and their relatives spread their arms across the sheet in swirling, symmetrical arrangements, sucker lined tentacles curling into elegant patterns against a deep, watery background. The image is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's defining