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Abram Belskie
Abram Belskie | |
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 Abram Belskie | |
| Born | March 24, 1907 |
| Died | November 7, 1988 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Abram Belskie (March 24, 1907 – November 7, 1988) was a British-born sculptor. He is known for his 1939 collaboration with Dr. Robertson Dickinson on the Birth Series Sculptures.[1]
Biography[edit]
Belskie was born in London and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1926. In 1929 he emigrated to New York, USA, to work for British sculptor John Gregory.[2]
In 1938 Belskie was introduced to physician Robert Latou Dickinson and subsequently applied his skills to create medical models, some of which were exhibited at the World's Fair of 1939. This was known as the Dickinson-Belskie Birth Series.[3] In 1942, he created two sculptures, Norma and Normman, based on data collected by Dickinson, intended to represent the statistical ideal female and male figure.[4] After Dickinson's death in 1950, Belskie instead created medallions (occasionally medicine-related).[2]
Belskie died in 1988 and, in 1993, the Belskie Museum of Arts and Science was opened in Closter, New Jersey. It was founded by the Closter Lions Club to preserve, house and exhibit the works of Abram Belskie. It was entirely funded by membership fees, donations, grants and local subsidies.[5]
Memberships
- National Sculpture Society, fellow
- National Academy of Design, fellow
- The American Numismatic Society, fellow
- Allied Artists of America.
Awards
- John Keppie Traveling Scholarship, Scotland, 1926;
- Sir John Edward Burnett Prize, Scotland, 1928;
- Lindsay Morris Memorial Award, 1951;
- J. Sanford Saltus Medal, American Numismatic Society, 1959:
- Mrs. Louis Bennett Award, 1956; Golden Anniversary Prize, Allied Artists of America, 1963
Collections
In addition to private collections, Belskie's work is exhibited at:
- American Museum of Natural History, New York [5]
- The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois[5]
- Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia
- Brookgreen Gardens, Pawley Island, South Carolina
- Cleveland Health Museum, Cleveland, OH;
- Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
- Park Avenue Synagogue, New York
- New York Academy of Medicine, New York [5]
- The Belskie Museum, Closter, New Jersey
Philippe Pinel
Philippe Pinel | |
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.jpg) Philippe Pinel, portrait by Anna Mérimée | |
| Born | 20 April 1745 Jonquières, France |
| Died | 25 October 1826 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Influenced | Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol Dorothea Dix |
Philippe Pinel (French: [pinɛl]; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He worked for the abolition of the shackling of mental patients by chains and, more generally, for the humanisation of their treatment. He also made notable contributions to the classification of mental disorders and has been described by some as "the father of modern psychiatry".
After the French Revolution, Dr. Pinel changed the way we look at the crazy (or "aliénés", "alienated" in English) by claiming that they can be understood and cured. An 1809 description of a case that Pinel recorded in the second edition of his textbook on insanity is regarded by some as the earliest evidence for the existence of the form of mental disorder later known as dementia praecox or schizophrenia, although Emil Kraepelin is generally accredited with its first conceptualisation.[1]
"Father of modern psychiatry", he was credited with the first classification of mental illnesses. He had a great influence on psychiatry and the treatment of the alienated in Europe and the United States.