I cavallucci marini (ippocampo) galleggiano con code arricciate intorno alle piante sottomarine che proteggono i pesci pipa: Formato quadrato dettaglio della pittura dei primi anni '1900 dell'artista tedesco della fauna selvatica Paul Flanderky (1872-1937).
7813 x 7813 px | 66,2 x 66,2 cm | 26 x 26 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
10 agosto 2022
Ubicazione:
Berlin, Germany.
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Seahorses (Hippocampus) and Greater Pipefish (Syngnathus acus): square format detail of early 1900s painting by German wildlife artist Paul Flanderky (1872-1937), showing several seahorses floating amidst underwater plants that help to camouflage a pipefish. Flanderky’s painting appeared in the revised 4th edition (1911-18) of the German zoological encyclopaedia, ’Brehms Tierleben’ (Brehm’s Animal Life). The Tierleben first appeared in 1860 as a 10-volume reference work or encyclopaedia under the direction of zoologist, writer and traveller Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884). By 1911, it had grown to 13 volumes. Seahorses and pipefish belong to the Syngnathidae zoological family. More than 32 species of seahorse live - like pipefish - in sheltered, shallow tropical and temperate waters worldwide, especially amongst sea grass and around coral reefs and mangroves. They have curled prehensile tails and segmented body armour to protect them against predators. Pipefish look like straight-bodied seahorses, but have smaller mouths and thin, snake-like bodies, growing up to 40 cm (15.5 in) in length. Paul Flanderky was trained at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory and the Museum of Applied Arts, both in Berlin, and also at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He qualified as a drawing teacher and taught at the Lessing-Gymnasium, a Berlin high school. As well as his paintings for Brehms Tierleben, he also illustrated children’s books and biology text books. D1350.B7998.B
