gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Title: „Ein Tag im Haine

Title: „Ein Tag im Haine Aesculaps

Title: Nature

Source: Städel Museum

Arnold Wiltz is a German born

His jellyfish studies in particular went on to influence Art Nouveau designers and even architecture

gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Title: „Ein Tag im HaineSinuous, 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