8 Inspiring Medical and Scientific Artists
Explore the incredible work of 8 inspiring medical and scientific artists and be inspired by their creative approaches and artistic excellence.
From the course Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil we are excited to share this list of inspiring medical and scientific artists to inspire your creativity and help develop your artistic skill of medical illustration.
1. Jan van Rymsdyk
Dutch 18th-century anatomical artist who worked for William Hunter and William Smellie. Known for his medical illustration work for some of the most notable obstetricians of the time
2. Max Brödel
Black-and-white illustrations in old medical textbooks have a very distinct style: The smooth shading effects show as much of the texture of a tissue as you need to see to be able to understand the shape and detail of an organ. Many of these images were created using a technique developed in the early twentieth century by medical illustrator Max Brödel. Brödel was the founder of the medical art programme at John Hopkins School of Medicine and inventor of the carbon dust technique.
3. Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest anatomists ever to have lived. He dissected more than 30 human corpses, exploring every aspect of anatomy and physiology, and recorded his findings in drawings of unparalleled beauty and lucidity. He was one of the first to study corpses and draw anatomy based on observation. You can download the pdf "Leonardo da Vinci anatomist" from this page also.
4. Jan Stefan van Calcar
A 16th-century German-born Italian painter and draughtsman who is credit for eleven large woodcut illustrations of anatomical studies which accompanied Andreas Vesalius's work on anatomy. The most notable among these is the anatomical study of the human body entitled De humani corporis fabrica libri septem or On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books (1543).
5. Nicolas Henry Jacob
Between 1831 and 1854, the French anatomist Jean-Marc Bourgery and his compatriot, Nicolas-Henri Jacob, a versatile artist, produced a richly illustrated and ground-breaking medical textbook that is regarded as a scholarly and artistic masterpiece, and continues to influence the aesthetics of the representation of human anatomy to this day.
6. Jan Wandelaar
Jan Wandelaar was an 18th-century painter, illustrator, and engraver from the Northern Netherlands. Wandelaar trained under Jacob Folkema, Gillem van der Gouwen, and Gérard de Lairesse, and made a name in anatomical art after drawing for Fredrik Ruysch.
7. Peter M. Lawrence
Peter M. Lawrence, MS, CMI is an award-winning Board Certified medical illustrator and researcher specialized in creating illustrations depicting neuroanatomy, brain and spine conditions, and neurosurgical procedures.
8. Ciléin Kearns
A medical doctor and talented contemporary artist creating cartoon-like illustrations to inform the public about medical subjects in an engaging way. He is passionate about making medicine more accessible with his art and has worked on medical and surgical illustration, caretoons, comics, animation, research illustration, editorial art, public health, and public engagement.
If you'd like to explore this topic more, why not check out the course Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil where you will explore the fundamentals of anatomical illustration with graphite pencils, and develop your skills for creating hyperrealistic drawings. Learn about humans and animals through a scientific and artistic lens by capturing what you see on paper from Medical & Scientific Illustrator, Ella Nitters. Ellie is a Rotterdam-based medical & scientific illustrator with a fascination for the beauty and intricacy of anatomy.
You may also like to read this blog post: 5 Anatomy Books to Improve Your Figure Drawing to help you discover some invaluable resources to help you when drawing the human figure.
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