Paleoart
Paleoart is an informal term first coined by Mark Hallett for art that depicts subjects related to paleontology. These may be representations of fossil remains or depictions of the living creatures and their ecosystems.
Since 1999, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology has awarded the John J. Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for achievement in the field. The society says that paleoart "is one of the most important vehicles for communicating discoveries and data among paleontologists, and is critical to promulgating vertebrate paleontology across disciplines and to lay audiences".[1] The SVP is also the site of the occasional/annual "PaleoArt Poster Exhibit", a juried poster show at the opening reception of the annual SVP meetings.
The Museu da Lourinhã organizes the annual International Dinosaur Illustration Contest[2] for promoting the art of dinosaur and other fossils.
Notable, influential paleoartists
Past 2D paleoartists
- Othenio Abel deceased, active 1910s
- James E. Allen deceased, active 1950s
- Robert T. Bakker active 1960-90s, led Renaissance
- Bill Berry deceased, active 1960s
- Zdeněk Burian deceased, active 1960s-81
- Kenneth Carpenter active 1980s
- Henry de la Beche deceased, active 1900s
- Amédée Forestier (1854 – 1930) - notable for his Nebraska Man and Glastonbury Lake Village illustrations.
- Heinrich Harder deceased, 1910s-20s
- Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins deceased, active 1850s-1870s
- Gerhard Heilmann deceased, active 1920s
- Ferdinand von Hochstetter deceased, active 1850s-1870s
- Othniel Charles Marsh deceased, active 1890s
- Charles R. Knight deceased, active 1890s-1940s
- John Martin deceased, active 1830s
- William Diller Matthew deceased, active 1900s-10s
- Edward Newman deceased, active 1840s
- George Olshevsky active 1980s
- Richard Owen deceased, active 1850s
- Ernest Untermann deceased, active 1930s
- Alice B. Woodward deceased, active 1910s
- Rudolph F. Zallinger deceased, active 1950s-60s
Post-Renaissance, Published 2D paleoartists
Current 3D paleoartists
Past 3D paleoartists
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