nepenthaceae pitcher plant fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm † 1945) was a Japanese

† 1945) was a Japanese painter who used a modernized ukiyoe style to explore classical themes such as "flower and birds" (花鳥画

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"La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales" by Maurice Pillard Verneuil (1869–1942) - French artist and decorator in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movement - is about plants and their decorative applications (24 sets with 3 motifs each)

Most of his prints took the form of relief engravings printed for mass distribution as broadsheets

and was enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie in 1877

nepenthaceae pitcher plant fine art print ernst haeckel Size:50×70 cm † 1945) was a JapaneseEqual parts beautiful and slightly sinister, the tropical pitcher plants on this Haeckel plate are nature's most elegant traps. Their hanging, lidded pitchers evolved to lure and digest insects dangle from curling tendrils in greens, reds and speckled patterns, drawn by Ernst Haeckel with all the drama these extraordinary carnivorous plants deserve. The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's celebrated portfolio of 100