Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer, sculptor, teacher and artist who worked in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. Blossfeldt was inspired, as was his father, by nature and how plants grow. He believed that "the plant must be valued as an artistic and architectural structure." Among his students at the Berlin Arts and Crafts School was Heinz Warneke. From 1924, Blossfeldt was a professor at the Vereinigte Staatsschulen für freie und angewandete Kunst (United States School for Fine and Applied Art) in Berlin, Germany.
Botanical Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin, 1929, Set of 22
By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Stamford, CT
Botanical photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt (German, b. 1914 - d. 1932), "Urformen der Kunst", First Edition 1929, Berlin. Mounted in simple black frames. The frames are a perfect com...
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Set of 8 Botanical Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt, Berlin, 1932
By Karl Blossfeldt
Located in Stamford, CT
Karl Blossfeldt Photogravures Wundergarten der Natur, 1932. Hung together, these make a very impressive and modern wall display. Available in smaller groups or individually at $595...
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Pair Eastlake Burl Wood Mirrors With Incised Gilt Decoration, Circa 1880
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair Eastlake burl wood veneered frames with ebonized moldings and etched gilt wood decoration to the corners. The warm patina that only comes from age and use make these a very hand...
Giltwood, Burl
Pair of 1920's American Steel and Iron Stocking Stretchers, Industrial Folk Art
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of stocking stretchers circa 1920, cast iron top with polished steel metal leg form, metal tag for "Paramount Forms, Paramount Textile Machinery Co. Chicago", with several pate...
Steel, Iron
Pair 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings of Brussels by Frederic Leizel
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of hand colored engravings of the Royal Palace and Brussels Park by Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (also spelled Leizel, active 1750–1800) a German artist and copperplate engraver working from Augsburg. These are beautiful and evocative renderings of architecture, open space and perspective. 1- Place Royal A Bruxelles 2- Vue Du Parc A Bruxelles 22 inches wide 18 high Leizelt produced a series of European and American scenic views at a time when pictures of foreign countries and people were popular and designed for use in optical viewers. As is normal for these prints the series title is a mirror image because optical viewers made use of mirrors which reversed the image. The Age of Enlightenment sparked a great interest in science, so that optical toys...
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Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Silver Mirrors
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italian Baroque small mirrors that were originally sconces. With silver arabesques overlaying gilt brass frames mounted on oak. The iron holders for candle arms still mounted on what are now a wonderfully unique pair of small mirrors...
Silver, Brass
Sowerby English Botany - Custom Framed Botanical Plates, set of two
By James Sowerby
Located in Pearland, TX
Lovely custom framed 19th century botanical engravings from "Sowerby's English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants". Sowerby was a famous English naturalist, illustrator a...
Faux Bamboo, Paper
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann Framed Pair Of Botanical Prints
Located in Essex, MA
With strikingly bright images set in a giltwood frame with inset glass. Triple matted with marbled board. Very minor foxing and very minor chipping on outer edge of frame that will ...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paper
Vintage Framed Botanical Floral Prints - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This striking pair of late 19th-century botanical illustrations offers a masterful blend of Victorian opulence and natural history. Each print features a finely detailed floral study...
Fabric, Glass, Paper
Pair of Vintage Botanical Pictures, Framed Print, After Besler, Art, Circa 1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage botanical pictures. A Continental, framed print in the manner of botanist Basilius Besler, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. In the manner of Ba...
Glass, Paper
Sowerby's English Botany - Custom Framed Botanical Plates, Set of Two
By James Sowerby
Located in Pearland, TX
Custom framed 19th century botanical engravings from "Sowerby's English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants". Sowerby was a famous English naturalist, illustrator and mine...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair Antique Curtis Botanical Garden Engravings Caper Shrub Flowered Neottia 28"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of Antique Curtis Botanical Magazine Garden Colored engravings. Caper Shrub, No 291 Circa 1795 Frosted-Flowered Neottia, No 1036 Circa 1807 Professionally matted and framed un...
Hardwood, Paper
