tiger kastenformig 1937 Farben Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny's 1892 artwork

Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny's 1892 artwork

His ability to capture the beauty of nature in his works made him a valued artist in scientific circles

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

which he called "drawing in space

Paul Klee's "Wild Animal Under Spell" from 1939 is a fascinating example of his unique ability to combine the unknown with the familiar

tiger kastenformig 1937 Farben Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny's 1892 artworkEduard Wiiralt, an Estonian master of printmaking, created a fascinating example of his ability to tame wild nature into geometric shapes with his 1937 work "Tiger Box Shaped". The tiger depicted in this etching seems to be trapped in a cubist cage, as if caught in a surreal dream by Picasso. Known for his detailed and often surreal works, Wiiralt shows here his penchant for merging nature and abstraction. The lines are so precise that one almost