Karl Blosfeldt

German · 1865–1932 · Sculptor, Photographer

Karl Blossfeldt 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… (Wikipedia)

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Karl Blossfeldt 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.

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Born 1865, SchieloDied 1932, BerlinOccupation Sculptor, PhotographerWikidata Q61848 ↗ULAN 500012385 ↗Museum works 11

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Works in museum collections

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Karl Blosfeldt, Urformen der Kunst — **Urformen der Kunst**1928 · portfolio of 120 photogravures
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons…

Karl Blosfeldt, Equisetum hiemale — **Equisetum hiemale**1928 · photogravure
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons…

Karl Blosfeldt, a Equisetum hiemale; b Equisetum maximum; c Equisetum hiemale — **a Equisetum hiemale; b Equisetum maximum; c Equisetum hiemale**1928 · photogravure
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons…

Karl Blosfeldt, Urformen der Kunst : photographische Pflanzenbilder — **Urformen der Kunst : photographische Pflanzenbilder**1928
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Karl Blosfeldt, Plantstudie — **Plantstudie**1928
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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