Artist
Karl Blossfeldt
German, 1865–1932
Karl Blossfeldt was a German New Objectivity artist. 97 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art. Karl Blossfeldt was born in Schielo.
Karl Blossfeldt (13 June 1865 – 9 December 1932) was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature and the ways in which plants grow.
Works by Karl Blossfeldt
Equisetum hiemale
a Equisetum hiemale; b Equisetum maximum; c Equisetum hiemale
a Equisetum hiemale; b Equisetum arvense
a Equisetum hiemale; b Hosta japonica; c Equisetum hiemale
a Equisetum hiemale; b Rhamnus Purshiana; c Equisetum hiemale
a Callicarpa dichotoma; b Fraxinus ornus; c Cornus pubescens
a Cornus brachypoda; b Cornus pubescens; c Viburnum
Callistemma brachiatum
Geum rivale
Aesculus parviflora
Acer
a Cornus Nuttallii; b Cornus Nuttallii; c Cornus florida
a Cornus Nuttallii; b Cornus Nuttallii; c Acer
a Cornus Nuttallii; b Cornus florida; c Acer pennsylvanicum
Cornus florida
Imatiens glanduligera
a Cornus Nuttallii; b Cornus officinalis
Picea excelsa
Acer rufinerve
Primula japonica
Physostegia virginiana
Aristolochia clematitis
Cucurbita
Cajophora lateritia, Loasaceae
97 works in the catalog · 24 shown
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