flowers on a footpath fine art print watanabe shotei George Hendrik Breitner was a Japanese artist

was a Japanese artist

the cephalopods on this plate are among the ocean's most captivating creatures — and Ernst Haeckel clearly relished drawing them

he was fascinated by the overlooked organisms of the coast and tide-pool

is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed

flowers on a footpath fine art print watanabe shotei George Hendrik Breitner was a Japanese artistTitle: Flowers on a footpath Creator: Watanabe Shtei Date: 1893 1896 Place of origin: Japan Watanabe Shtei aka Watanabe Seitei was a Nihonga painter and one of the first to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. Shtei blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Ysai school, introducing a new approach to kachga or kacho (bird and flower painting). Source Original