Irving Geis

Irving Geis (October 18, 1908 – July 22, 1997) was an American artist who worked closely with biologists. Geis's hand-drawn work depicts many structures of biological macromolecules, such as DNA and proteins, including the first crystal structure of sperm whale myoglobin.[1]

Irving Geis
Born(1908-10-18)October 18, 1908
New York City
DiedJuly 22, 1997(1997-07-22) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
University of South Carolina
Known forScientific illustration

Early life and education

Geis was born in New York City, and lived in Anderson, South Carolina for a time. He studied architecture at Georgia Tech from 1925 to 1927, and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in 1929.[1][2] From there he attended the University of South Carolina from 1932 to 1933, graduating with a degree in design and painting in the midst of the great depression.[1]

Career

Geis served as a coauthor and illustrator of many biochemical books that were written by Albert Lehninger and Richard E. Dickerson, as well as the book How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff.[3] He was a frequent contributor to Scientific American.[2] In addition to his technical illustrations, Geis created the prototype Charley McCarthy puppet for puppeteer Edgar Bergen.

References
  1. Dickerson, R. E. (1997). "Irving Geis, Molecular artist, 1908-1997". Protein Science. 6 (11): 2483–2484. doi:10.1002/pro.5560061126. PMC 2143602.
  2. "Artist Irving Geis". Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. "HHMI Purchases Geis Archives". Howard Hughes Medical Institute. October 25, 2000. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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