Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
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Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolf Blaschka were glass artists from Bohemia, Czechia. They were known for their production of biological and botanical models, including glass sea creatures and Harvar
Rudolf (standing), Caroline, and Leopold Blaschka in the garden of their Dresden home
The Blaschka-Haus house in Dresden-Hosterwitz
Blaschka model of jellyfish (Natural History Museum Pisa)
Blaschka model of sea anemones (Natural History Museum Pisa)
Glass sea creatures
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The glass sea creatures are works of glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. The artistic predecessors of the Glass Flowers, the sea creatures were the output of the Blaschkas' successful mail-orde
Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka
…June 1857 – 1 May 1939) were glass artists from Bohemia, Czechia. They were known for their production of biological and botanical models, including glass sea creatures and Harvard University's Glass Flowers. The Blaschka family's roots trace to Josephthal in Erzgebirge, Bohemia, a region known for processing glass…
A sample of the Blaschka invertebrate models
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach