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Last Name Netter

Given Name Frank Henry

alt. Names F. H. N. ;

Marriage Vera Netter

Children 2 sons: James, Paoli & Jonathan, Hamburg, Germany, 2 daughters: Cornelia Netter, New York & Francine Carlson, Lindenhurst, NY

Year born 1906 in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Year died 1991

Place of death New York City, USA

Father's occupation

Relatives one stepson, eight grandchildren: see Flagler 1991

Education at City College,NY; scholarship for art studies at Nat. Academy of Design, Art Students' League; later med. at N.Y. Univ. Medical School (grad. 1931)

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for Bellevue Hospital ; US Army, Surgeon's General Office (during WW II) ; CIBA (Illustrations in > 250 Clinical Symposia) ; ophthalmologist John Craig ; San Francisco World Fair ; ...

Patronage c. 4,000 medical illustrations since 1938 for CIBA / Ciba Geigy / Novartis Pharmaceutical Co.

Collaborators Colacino 1989 ; Dalley 1997 ; Hansen 2003 on var. ed. of Netter: Atlas of Human Anatomy ; Gina Dingle, D. J. Mascaro, C. G. Machado & C. A. Luce at CIBA ;

Techniques anatomical and medical sketching, pencil drawing, watercolour, guache, airbrush techniques; transparent 3D-model ;

Sample(s) www.netterimages.com/artist/netter.htm ; www.allartnews.com/morris-museum-exhibition-features-the-michelangelo-of-medicine-frank-h-netter-md/ ;

Archival sources 250 Clinical Symposia;Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations 13 vols. 1953-93, orig. at Icon Learning Systems LLC (in 2005 acquired by Elsevier);

Published sources AKL; P.B.Flagler: Obituary, Journal of the American Medical Association 226 (1991): 2905; J.T.Hansen in: Clinical Anatomy19 (2006): 481-486; R.M.Washko in: Science Editor 29(2006):16-18; K.Duguid 1997, 69; Herdeg 1973: 51; M. Riggan: F.N., M.D. Physician, Artist, Teacher, Video Tape: Ciba Geigy 1988; Escardó 2022: 370 ;

other cf. also www.asip.edu/museum/netter.shtml; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_H._Netter ; www.codex99.com/anatomy/51.html

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