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Paleoart Information

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.

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Notable, influential paleoartists

Iguanodon pair, some of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs made by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1850s Leaping Laelaps by Charles R. Knight, 1896 Skeletal restoration of Brontosaurus excelsus, now Apatosaurus, by Othniel Charles Marsh, 1896 Eurypterids by Ernst Haeckel, 1914 Hesperornis by Heinrich Harder, ca 1916 Miocene fauna by Jay Matternes, 1960s Velociraptor and Protoceratops locked in a mortal combat by Raul Martin 2003 Megalodon pursuing two Eobalaenoptera whales by Karen Carr Tyrannosaurus and chicken by Luis Rey Ice age fauna by Mauricio Anton, 2008 Restoration of Anatosuchus by Todd Marshall, 2009 Quetzalcoatlus models in South Bank, created by Mark Witton for the Royal Society's 350th anniversary, 2010

Past 2D paleoartists

Post-Renaissance, Published 2D paleoartists

Current 3D paleoartists

Past 3D paleoartists

References

  1. ^ Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Retrieved on October 23, 2008.
  2. ^ International Dinosaur Illustration Contest

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