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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 (Illustr. in > 250 Clinical Symposia); ophthalmologist John Craig; ...
Patronage c.4000 medical illustr.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; w.Gina Dingle,D.J.Mascaro,C.G. Machado&C.A.Luce at CIBA
Techniques anatomical & medical sketching, pencil drawing, watercolor, guache, airbrush techniques; transparent 3D-model of woman for San Francisco World Fair
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,J.Am.Med.Assoc.226 (1991),2905;J.T.Hansen:Clinical Anatomy19(2006),481-486;R.M.Washko:Sci.Editor29(2006),16-18;K.Duguid 1997, 69; Herdeg 1973: 51;
other see also M. Riggan: F.N., M.D. Physician, Artist, Teacher, Video Tape: Ciba Geigy 1988; 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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