trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals was a productive association in

was a productive association in Vienna

There were two schools of "Gebrauchsgrafik" in Germany at the time

and sociology

considered the last great master of that tradition

trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals was a productive association inFew birds invite a closer look like the hummingbird, and this Haeckel plate is a riot of iridescent colour. Species from across the Americas hover and perch across the sheet, their throats and crowns flashing emerald, ruby and sapphire, their impossibly fine feathers and slender bills captured with loving precision. It is one of the most joyful and collectable images in Haeckel's entire output. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art