Portrait Size:70×100 cm Original from The Rijksmuseum

Original from The Rijksmuseum

Few natural forms feel as effortlessly decorative as the sea star

Evening Tones abstracts a landscape along the Hudson River into a vibrant range of colors

Plate LXXIX - Polypus Levis Hoyle - from "The Cephalopoda"(1898/99) by Carl Chun

Portrait Size:70×100 cm Original from The RijksmuseumTitle: Portrait Creator: Max Weber Date: 1919 1920 Place of origin: USA The American artist Max Weber was deeply influenced by non Western art, including African masks that he viewed at Parisian museums and Japanese prints, which he learned about as a student. Around 1919, he began to combine these interests in a series of relief prints, such as the one seen here. Weber deconstructed the human figure into component parts, emphasizing its simplicity