Ernst Haeckel Sea Anemones

June 25, 2015 | Art Gallery

Ernst Haeckel Sea Anemones Marine Vintage Illustration

The 49th plate from Ernst Haeckel’s natural history book ‘Kunstformen der Natur’ (Art Forms In Nature) of 1904, showing various sea anemones classified as Actiniae.
Victorian era science illustration in lush colors.
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. They are named for the anemone, a terrestrial flower. As cnidarians, sea anemones are related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones, and Hydra.
Movement: Art Nouveau, Art Deco
Artistic scientific underwater animal colorful pattern fine art featuring beautiful sea creatures.

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Vintage World Map

September 4, 2014 | Art Gallery

Stoopendaal Vintage World Map

This antique 1730 world map was drawn by Stoopendaal for publication in the Keur Bible. Based on Visscher’s map of 1663, this map depicts the world on a hemisphere projection surrounded by stunning allegorical cartouche work.

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Cat In A Ruff

August 31, 2014 | Art Gallery

Cat In A Ruff

Cute Victorian vintage art.
Mark Twain had this painting on the mantle in his library.

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Theophile Steinlen Tournee Du Chat Noir

August 6, 2014 | Art Gallery

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen – Le Chat Noir (1896)

Le Chat Noir was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. Theophile Steinlen’s 1896 Art Nouveau poster is an advertisement for a tour to other cities of the Le Chat Noir’s troupe of cabaret entertainers. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker who moved to Paris’ bohemian Montmartre section in 1883 and was friends with Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant and Adolphe Willette. His permanent home, Montmartre and its environs, was a favorite subject throughout Steinlen’s life and he often painted scenes of some of the harsher aspects of life in the area. In addition to paintings and drawings, he also did sculpture on a limited basis, most notably figures of cats that he had great affection for as seen in many of his paintings.