melethallia algae fine art print ernst haeckel linocutprint he began to combine these

he began to combine these interests in a series of relief prints

Title: „Le catafalque sans pesanteur“

Few natural forms feel as effortlessly decorative as the sea star

Hamburg – 26 June 1941

melethallia algae fine art print ernst haeckel linocutprint he began to combine theseThis plate turns the humblest of organisms colonial algae into a study of pure, repeating pattern. Ernst Haeckel arranged these microscopic plant forms into rosettes, networks and clusters of soft green and gold, the kind of natural geometry that feels almost like wallpaper or textile design rather than a page from a science book. It is one of the 100 lithographs in Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's hugely influential series. A