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Karl Blossfeldt — Centaurea macrocephala | Botanical Photograph PrintKarl Blossfeldt — Centaurea macrocephala

Artist · 19 prints

Karl Blossfeldt Prints

About Karl Blossfeldt

Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer and teacher, born on 13 June 1865 in Schielo, in the Harz region, and died in Berlin on 9 December 1932. He began as an apprentice in an art ironworks and foundry, then studied at the school of the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin's museum of decorative arts. From 1890 to 1896 he worked for the design professor Moritz Meurer, photographing plants as teaching models.

From 1898 to 1930 Blossfeldt taught modelling from plants in Berlin, building a collection of thousands of plant photographs to show students how nature's shapes could inspire design. He adapted his own camera to magnify stems, buds and seed heads many times over, against plain backgrounds. The results often resemble forms from art and architecture. In 1928 the gallerist Karl Nierendorf published them as Urformen der Kunst (Art Forms in Nature), which made him famous, followed by Wundergarten der Natur in 1932. Karl Blossfeldt's pictures were praised by modern photographers and by the Surrealists.

Karl Blossfeldt prints: reproductions of the black-and-white plant photographs Karl Blossfeldt published in Art Forms in Nature (1928). The collection includes Centaurea macrocephala, Eryngium giganteum, Equisetum hiemale, Adiantum pedatum and Aquilegia chrysantha, all from 1928.

This selection brings together close-ups of seed heads, buds, stems and young fern fronds, each shown magnified against a plain grey or white background. Ferns appear often, including Polystichum, Struthiopteris and Aspidium, along with thistles, sea holly, milkweed and horsetail. Each work is titled with the plant's Latin name, and the photographs have soft grey and silver tones.

The neutral tones suit modern kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, offices and hallways, and three or more prints hang well together in a grid. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Centaurea macrocephala by Karl Blossfeldt — A knapweed head swells with papery bracts on a thick ribbed stem
Karl Blossfeldt — Centaurea macrocephala | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Polystichum munitum by Karl Blossfeldt — A young fern frond unrolls, its tip still coiled into a tight spiral
Karl Blossfeldt — Polystichum munitum | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Eryngium giganteum by Karl Blossfeldt — A sea holly's spiny collar of bracts bursts like a star round its head
Karl Blossfeldt — Eryngium giganteum | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Saxifraga Willkommniana by Karl Blossfeldt — A saxifrage rosette of antler-like leaves spirals out from its centre
Karl Blossfeldt — Saxifraga Willkommniana | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Cobaea scandens by Karl Blossfeldt — A five-lobed flower opens flat, its veined petals dark on pale grey
Karl Blossfeldt — Cobaea scandens | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Trollius europaeus by Karl Blossfeldt — A globeflower leaf spreading five deep lobes with curling edges
Karl Blossfeldt — Trollius europaeus | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Aquilegia chrysantha by Karl Blossfeldt — A columbine flower with long spurs hanging like curled tails
Karl Blossfeldt — Aquilegia chrysantha | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Asclepias syriaca by Karl Blossfeldt — A single milkweed flower opened like a dark five-petalled star
Karl Blossfeldt — Asclepias syriaca | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Asclepias speciosa by Karl Blossfeldt — Star-shaped milkweed flowers massed into a pale globe on black
Karl Blossfeldt — Asclepias speciosa | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Scabiosa columbaria by Karl Blossfeldt — A round flower head of frilled cups bristling with fine dark spines
Karl Blossfeldt — Scabiosa columbaria | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Adiantum pedatum by Karl Blossfeldt — Six fern fiddleheads rise and curl like scrolls against cream
Karl Blossfeldt — Adiantum pedatum | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Equisetum hiemale by Karl Blossfeldt — A cut horsetail stem shows a ring of hollow chambers like a crown
Karl Blossfeldt — Equisetum hiemale | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Struthiopteris germanica by Karl Blossfeldt — A young fern frond curls into a heavy spiral as a side leaf unfurls
Karl Blossfeldt — Struthiopteris germanica | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Abutilon by Karl Blossfeldt — A dried seed head opens into a dark star of pointed chambers
Karl Blossfeldt — Abutilon | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Cephalaria by Karl Blossfeldt — A globe of pale scales spirals on a thick stem against grey
Karl Blossfeldt — Cephalaria | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Cirsium canum by Karl Blossfeldt — A thistle opens between two closed buds on a dark ground
Karl Blossfeldt — Cirsium canum | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Delphinium by Karl Blossfeldt — Delphinium leaves curl into scrolls and ribbons on grey
Karl Blossfeldt — Delphinium | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Phacelia tanacetifolia by Karl Blossfeldt — Two rosettes of feathery leaves curl around pale hollows
Karl Blossfeldt — Phacelia tanacetifolia | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Aspidium filix mas by Karl Blossfeldt — Two male fern fronds coil into tight spirals on a pale ground
Karl Blossfeldt — Aspidium filix mas | Botanical Photograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00