Friedrich Guimpel


Friedrich Guimpel was a German engraver and botanical illustrator.
An artist and professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts, he collaborated with several renowned botanists in the creation of illustrated botanical works.
by Friedrich Guimpel from Hayne's "Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse".
The species Berberis guimpelii was named in his honor by Karl Koch and Carl David Bouché. It is synonymous with Berberis chinensis.
Lesser known is that Friedrich Guimpel also illustrated in colors a least one medical book: Carl Heinrich Weller Die Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges and also the second edition of the same work in 1822.

Selected works