Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593)

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 Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.

The following paintings are some of Giuseppe's most famous work all painted onto canvas' displaying images made up of natural forms.

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Andy Goldsworthy (1956 - Present) :

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Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist that works with nature and the natural environment to create natural form art. Goldsworthy was born in 1956 and has made his name by taking natural substances and creating art out of them. He is still alive today and still producing art work and displaying his work in galleries for people to see and buy.

Artwork:

 This piece called 'Leaf Horn' is made completely out of leafs and has been styled into the shape of a horn. It was created in 1996 and is one of many of Goldsworthy's sculptures.

 The following piece is also by Andy Goldsworthy however it is a street art piece interpenetrated on the 'Snow Drift' it is also located in New York as part of a street art collection in Times Square.

This piece of art work Andy Goldsworthy created entirely out of stones and placed in his favorite fashion (curvy line) as a wall in the countryside. 

 The following art piece is Goldsworthy's most famous piece and is created out of carefully broken stones, painted and placed in a spiral. This piece was created and photographed in Scotland in the June of 1985.

This piece of artwork entitled 'Snow Drift' was carved into snow on Ellesmere Island and when the wind blew it created the smooth look. This piece was made and photographed in April 1989.

Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939)

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Alfons Mucha, often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. He mainly focused on humans adding his specialty of adding in nature.

Artwork:

 This print is called Absinthe and displays a girl almost blinded by her wild hair and holding up a glass of something. If you look closely to the background you can see what looks to be some form of plant climbing up the picture.

 This piece of artwork entitled Sarah Bernhardt was printed by Mucha showing a woman with long hair with flowers attached to the top of her her. As well as patterns in the background, it is also made up of lots of little flowers falling down to the tips of her hair.

Mucha called this print Winter; you can see, 

like in the others, he is showing a woman who 

is wrapped up. In the background there is a 

withered tree with its tops covered in snow. 

Both the woman and the tree look slightly 

hunched over.

Edward Weston (1886 - 1958) :

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Edward Weston was born on March 24, 1886, in Highland Park. Weston's father gave him his camera at age 16, he began photography in the early 1920's and they formed into paintings. In 1923, he traveled to Mexico, where he opened a photographic studio. In 1926, Weston returned to the United States, settling in California, where he continued his love for art creating nudes, close-ups, natural forms and landscapes, among several other works. Weston died in California, on January 1, 1958.

Artwork:

This art piece entitled 'Two Shells' is a photograph taken by Weston in 1927 and printed with gelatin silver print by Cole Weston.

 Like its brother this photograph entitled 'Shell' was taken in 1927 and Cole Weston created a perfect print of it using the same silver print as before.

 In 1930 this photograph was taken and entitled 'Winter Squash'. It was then printed in 1980 by Cole Weston.

 This piece of photography entitled 'Succulent' was taken in 1932 by Edward Weston and printed in 1946 by Cole Weston.

This final piece of Natural Form photography was created in 1930 by E. Weston and printed in the 1980's by C.Weston using the same silver paint previously used on all of the other prints created.

If you would like to see more of Edward Weston's work or like to buy a piece or two go to:  http://www.artnet.com/artists/edward-weston/artworks-for-sale

Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932) :

Information on Blossfeldt:

Blossfeldt was born in Germany in 1865. He was a sculptor's apprentice; after studying painting and sculpture on a scholarship at the School of the Royal Museum of Arts and Crafts in Berlin from 1884 to 1891, he worked in Italy, Greece, and North Africa collecting plant specimens. From 1898 to 1931 he was a professor in the sculpture of living plants at a College of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. In 1899, he began to photograph plant forms with a home made camera. Blossfeldt's photographs were made with a homemade camera that could magnify the subject up to thirty times its actual size. By doing so he revealed extraordinary details within the natural structure of the plants. In the process he created some of the most innovative photographic work of his time. The simple yet expressive forms captured on film affirmed his boundless ability. Indeed, his pictures influenced many architects and artists of his time, who used Blossfeldt's forms on scales as small as ornamental ironwork and as large as the shapes of entire buildings.

Artwork:

This piece of art photography taken and printed in the early 1900's. It is entitled 'Dutch Hyacinth'. It was printed using the finest ink and paper.

An art piece made in the early 1900's. Entitled 'Monk's Hood'.

Printed using the finest pigmented inks on heavyweight German paper made from 100% cotton and natural spring water. Hand finished.

The following piece of art work was also taken around the same time and printed onto the same paper using the same ink. This piece is entitled ' Bear's Breech'.





It is obvious to anyone that Blossfeldt 
was a fan of using German heavyweight 
paper and the finest pigmented ink as 
this piece entitled 'Miss Wilmott's Ghost' 
was following in the pattern of the 
previous pieces.

I could not find the name for this piece however it is still one of Karl Blossfeldt's photography pieces of a plant. It was taken around the early 1900's like the others using the same materials.

This is another Natural Form photograph and print from Blossfeldt and was taken and printed in the 1900's. This piece is entitled 'Shield Fern'.

The 'Adiantum Pedatum, Hair Fern' is a high-quality printing that gives a vivid and sharp appearance. Produced on medium weight cover stock, this art reproduction is coated with a silken finish that protects the inks and creates an elegant look.



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Natural Forms

Natural Forms are photographs, paintings, drawings and prints of natural substances; such as nature, for example flowers. Many artists have made themselves well known by creating amazing artwork out of natural forms. For example Karl Blossfeldt made himself well known by taking photographs of plant form. The following posts will show you artists and some examples of their work with explanations of when and how it was created; as well as what it is (if it is not completely clear).