Discomedusae – Jellyfish 2 Size:30×40 cm Poster of Comédie–Parisienne with portrait

Poster of Comédie–Parisienne with portrait of Loie Fuller (1895) by Georges de Feure

and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles

almost kaleidoscopic composition

his commitment was total

easel paintings

Discomedusae – Jellyfish 2 Size:30×40 cm Poster of Comédie–Parisienne with portraitA second study of disc jellyfish, and a perfect companion to Haeckel's most famous plate. Here a different cast of medusae floats across the sheet, their bells patterned in warm corals and cool blues, tentacles streaming behind them in graceful, calligraphic lines. Ernst Haeckel's gift was to make these soft, near formless animals look architectural every curve deliberate, every arrangement balanced. The illustration is from Kunstformen der Natur (Art