Talk:Frank H. Netter
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[edit] Plagiarism?
Supposedly, a few of Netter's illustrations are copies of old German anatomy illustrations where the source isn't cited. I don't have any specifics at the moment, but I know someone out there knows what I'm talking about. It says nothing about his skill as an artist, which is unquestioned.Hnc 04:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Update: I contacted the professor who made the claim, and this is what he said:
Yes, Netter propped open someone else's atlas and "copied" most of his images from them instead of from dissections. The originals were by Werner Spalteholz, a Professor in Leipzig. I'm familiar with his "Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen", a 3-part atlas published by S. Hirzel in Leipzig in 1929.
Hnc 05:24, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Your good professor may very well have said/seen this, however, that may differ from reality of the published final painting.
As it happens, I, [Craig Luce http://Medical-illustration.com], worked for/with Frank Netter in the last years of his life (1989-91), reviewing/revising and painting his sketches in watercolor. My illustration works appear alongside his in his last volume: Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations, Vol 8, Part III, Musculoskeletal System: Injuries
As a medical illustrator of 30+ years, I have studied every anatomy text, and have owned Spalteholtz' volumes for that time. (By the way, the paintings in Spateholtz were done by employed medical illustrators, not by Dr. Spalteholtz himself.)
I have also examined all Dr. Netter's original paintings in the Ciba Collection. Despite the copyrights having been sold several times, the originals remain with Ciba/GEIGY Pharmaceuticals (once designated the Medical Education Section) in NJ.
I can say that, while some images may have been referenced or sourced, Netter's illustrations are indeed original, not "copied" as mentioned here. Frank respected copyright and hoped that his would be respected as well. Yes, he gave me sources that were to be used as reference, but I have not found a single illustration of Frank's that was "essentially the same" as any other reference! There are, of course, only so many ways to depict an anatomical landscape, especially when it is of a small or singular view or organ.
While he may very well have sketched directly from a book as notation, I am confident that none were entirely copied. Maybe a vein or two, but not in the sense that the above discussant implies. That being said (and I am very knowlegeable of Dr. Netter's work and practices FIRSTHAND)
The discussion above should thus be read as having been rebutted by an expert. Art4med 00:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Laura?
I am deleting the phrase "Netter's Legacy is also carried out through his grandson James Tholany, who still practices the art of medicine, and protects his grandfathers books from Laura the netter bandit." If Laura the bandit comes forward we could consider inserting it again, until then, its gone. 143.117.143.182 (talk) 10:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
