gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm The image belongs to Kunstformen

The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)

Quietly sophisticated vintage marine art with an architectural soul

Queensland State

floats and trailing filaments stretch and branch across the sheet in delicate pinks

almost kaleidoscopic composition

gamochonia octopus fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm The image belongs to KunstformenSinuous, 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