discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was a

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker

and furniture

Timeless vintage wildlife art with genuine scientific heritage

Date: 1893

The posters were designed to publicize exhibits

discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was aA second study of disc jellyfish, and a perfect companion to Haeckel's most famous plate. Here a different cast of medusae floats across the sheet, their bells patterned in warm corals and cool blues, tentacles streaming behind them in graceful, calligraphic lines. Ernst Haeckel's gift was to make these soft, near formless animals look architectural every curve deliberate, every arrangement balanced. The illustration is from Kunstformen der Natur (Art