Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Théophile Alexandre Steinlen neither entirely still nor in

neither entirely still nor in motion

This cover design for the Badenummer edition of Lustige Blätter — a leading German satirical magazine — shows Klinger at his most playful and precise

true colour — exactly what this style of illustration needs

could carry the same authority as fine painting

Furu - Pinus silvestris L. by Olaf Alfred Hoffstad Théophile Alexandre Steinlen neither entirely still nor inHoffstad's illustration of Pinus silvestris the Scots pine confronts one of Scandinavian nature's most architecturally complex subjects. The image documents the pine's distinctive features with botanical rigour: needle clusters in paired fascicles, the asymmetric cone, the characteristic bark texture suggested through careful line rather than heavy shading. There is something almost contemplative about the composition the tree reduced to its essential