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Karl Blossfeldt

Overview

Karl Blossfeldt (1865 –1932) is best-known for his close-up photographs of plants published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. A photographer, sculptor, teacher and artist based in Berlin, Blossfeldt made a homemade camera that could magnifying the subject up to thirty times its size, revealing the natural structure of a plant – the repetitive patterns found in natural textures and forms. The resulting images were technically brilliant, artistically inspired and strikingly modernist. In 2001, Urformen der Kunst was included in the The Book of 101 Books, as one of the seminal photographic books of the twentieth century.

Featured Exhibitions

  • Platinum: Master Prints by Master Printers

    15/09 — 19/11/16

Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Cobaea scandens, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
Photogravure

Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Asclepias speciosa, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Aristolochia clematitis, 1928
7.25 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Eranthis cilicica, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
Photogravure

Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Physostegia virginiana, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
Photogravure

Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Symphytum officinale, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Dipsacus laciniatus, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Impatiens glandulifera, 1928
7.25 x 10.25 in.
Photogravure

Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Polystichum munitum, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Eryngium giganteum, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Tellima grandiflora, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Abutilon, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Equisetum hyemale, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Papaver, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Centaurea ruthenica (Compositae), 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Forsythia suspensa, 1928
7.5 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Trollius europaeus, 1928
7.25 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Primula japonica, 1928
7.75 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Achillea umbellate, 1928
7.25 x 10.25 in.
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Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt

Cirsium canum, Phlomis umbrosa, and Salvia, 1928
7.25 x 10.25 in.
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