The Four Doctors Painting

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The four doctors painting. Sir william osler in medicine william stewart halsted in surgery william henry welch in pathology and howard atwood kelly in obstetrics and gynecologycaptured together in the famous painting by john singer sargent entitled the four doctors figure figure2 2. Les quatre evangelistes is an oil on canvas painting by the flemish baroque artist jacob jordaens completed in 1625. The four doctors oil on canvas 1907. During this period the johns hopkins hospital and medical school was established under the medical leadership of the big four.

Famous john singer sargent portrait of william welch william halsted william osler howard kelly from left to right in their academic robes. William henry welch william stewart halsted william osler and howard atwood kelly. His works are famous for their portrayal of american culture. As of 2015 the catholic church has named 36 doctors of the church.

Doctor of the church latin doctor teacher also referred to as doctor of the universal church latin. Doctoris ecclesiae universalis is a title given by the catholic church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribution to theology or doctrine through their research study or writing. Norman percevel rockwell february 3 1894 november 8 1978 was an american illustrator and painter of the 20th century. Rockwell is prominent for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenes he created for the magazine the saturday evening post for more than four decades.

In 1903 mary elizabeth garrett founding benefactor of the johns hopkins university school of medicine commissioned john singer sargent to paint a group portrait of the schools faculty she most admired. The painting is 133 by 118 centimeters. Halsted does in fact appear a bit fuzzier than his colleagues but curators and art experts insist that is only because sargent painted him farther in the background and used a thinner wash for perspective each of the doctors in his own way had a profound and lasting influence on american medical education and research. Photograph by aaron levin.

Courtesy of the alan mason chesney medical archives of the johns hopkins medical institutions. And is in the musee du louvre paris france. Completed and installed in 1686 the painting represents the dispute of the four doctors of the church saint john the evangelist saint gregory the great saint augustine and saint john chrysostom over the immaculate conception. The four doctors of the western church saint ambrose artist.