Amedeo Terzi

Born in a Sicilian family, known for painting and drawing. Father Andrea Terzi, painter and lithographer. Brother, Aleardo Terzi , famous book illustrator and poster artist .

Amedeo, like his brother, did not have a special art education. Even in his youth he studied drawing and painting independently, then he studied entomology , zoology and medicine in England.

In the summer of 1900, under the leadership of Dr. Luigi W. Sambon and his assistant doerator George S. Low, he took part in a study of the causes of malaria in Ostia , near Rome , which was initiated by the British Colonial Ministry and the London School of Tropical Medicine. The drawings and illustrations made by A. Terzi for 5 months in the malarial swamps of Castel Fusano (Ostia) were sent to the famous Scottish physician Patrick Munson , considered the “father” of modern parasitology and tropical medicine . He invited A. Terzi to London to the post of scientific artist of the school of tropical medicine, where he worked for a year. In September 1902, he was invited to the Museum of Natural History in London . Since then, he has illustrated many works, articles and books published by the Museum, as well as various scientific and medical institutes outside the Museum and outside the United Kingdom.

Created a number of zoological illustrations, mainly from parasitic insects , in particular, Diptera . According to expert estimates, during his career he completed 37,000 drawings in 55 books and over 500 other publications.

In 1911 he was awarded the Gold Medal and a diploma at the Turin Exhibition for his scientific and medical work. He exhibited drawings and wax models of insects and others at the 1913 World's Fair in Gent ( Belgium ), exhibitions in Wembley ( London ) in 1924 and 1925, Antwerp in 1930, Buenos Aires and Dresden ( Germany ) in 1931, and in the Royal Entomological Society of London in 1933.

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