discomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Lavastre & Duvignaud from 1883

Lavastre & Duvignaud from 1883 to 1889

Hadamar) was German painter and graphic artist

darker reaches of the ocean

but Ernst Haeckel drew them here as translucent

discomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm Lavastre & Duvignaud from 1883This is the image many people picture when they think of Ernst Haeckel: jellyfish drifting through dark water, their domed bells glowing in pinks, golds and violets above long, trailing tentacles. The Discomedusae plate is one of the most beloved in his entire body of work, and it is easy to see why the symmetry is hypnotic and the colours feel almost lit from within. It belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the series of 100