florideae delesseria algae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm otherworldly vintage marine art for

otherworldly vintage marine art for the true Haeckel enthusiast

theatrical productions

rather than on complex planetary movements

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

Date: 1945

florideae delesseria algae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm otherworldly vintage marine art forRed algae rarely get their moment in the spotlight, but Ernst Haeckel gives the delicate Delesseria the reverence of a stained glass window. Translucent, leaf like blades in crimson and rose fan out across the plate, their fine veining and rippled edges rendered with the care most artists reserve for flowers. The effect is surprisingly luminous seaweed transformed into something jewel like. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms