discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm The posters were designed to

The posters were designed to publicize exhibits

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

and the Southwest's unique plant life were favored themes

Boxfish are the eccentrics of the reef — rigid

Despite his talents as a painter

discomedusae jellyfish 2 fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm The posters were designed toA 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