ostraciidae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm at the outbreak of WWI

at the outbreak of WWI

Title: „Großes Segelschiff vor Sonne am Horizont“

his face set with determination as he guides his mount to victory

A piece of natural history that doubles as timeless wall art

The image is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)

ostraciidae fine art print ernst haeckel Size:70×100 cm at the outbreak of WWIBoxfish are the eccentrics of the reef rigid, geometric and patterned like something designed rather than evolved and this Haeckel plate makes the most of their charm. Trunkfish and their relatives are arranged across the sheet in yellows, blues and spotted designs, their boxy, armoured bodies giving the composition an almost playful, graphic quality. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst Haeckel's series of