As a medical illustrator, studying the work of other artists is an important part of my free time, I would like to offer some perspective and, for what it is worth, an admittedly subjective but well-researched chronology for those interested in the best medical illustrators in history, and in different regions arund the world. I realize there are going to be enormous gaps. Please feel free to write to me and to comment below, and to add your favorites so my perspective can be the most well-rounded possible.
Hailed the "co-founder of entomology" Maria Sibylla Merian is renowned because of her skills at close direct observation, accurate documentation, insights about insect life cycles, and her ability to transport her viewers to this world