melethallia algae fine art print ernst haeckel linocutprint Hamburg – 26 June 1941

Hamburg – 26 June 1941

Few natural forms feel as effortlessly decorative as the sea star

attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal

blues and spotted designs

Posada pokes fun at Madero's privileged background

melethallia algae fine art print ernst haeckel linocutprint Hamburg – 26 June 1941This 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