Muscinae - Polytrichum Size:70×100 cm Creator: Paul Klee

Creator: Paul Klee

Date: 1911-1917

masculine elegance that resists trends

He also worked as a musician

The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur

Muscinae - Polytrichum Size:70×100 cm Creator: Paul KleeLook closely at a patch of moss and a whole forest in miniature appears which is exactly what Ernst Haeckel captured in this plate of Polytrichum, the tall "haircap" mosses. Slender stalks topped with delicate capsules rise across the sheet in fresh, layered greens, the tiny structures magnified and arranged so that something usually crushed underfoot becomes elegant and architectural. The illustration is part of Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in