Aime Rebecca Motter Awl (

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Aime Rebecca Motter; – ), also known more commonly as Aime M. Awl, was an American

scientific illustrator Technical illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive im ...

who worked for the

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, and the U.S. National Museum (now the

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

). Awl is internationally recognized for her scientific illustration, especially of fish species.

Biography

Aime Rebecca Motter was born in

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on January 15, , to Effie Buhrman (née Market) and Judge John Columbus Motter. She graduated from the Girls' High School of Frederick. Awl married Major Francis Asbury Awl, Jr., on May 22, 1922 in

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and they had no children. Awl attended classes at the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, th ...

, where she was a student of

Max Brödel Max Brödel (June 8, 1870 – October 26, 1941) was a medical illustrator. Born in Leipzig, Germany, he began his artistic career after graduating from the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts, working for Carl Ludwig. Under Ludwig's instruction, Brödel ...

. Awl worked as a scientific delineator for the Smithsonian Institution and her work appeared in a wide range of scientific publications and the

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. She drew fish species, such as Daniops Myersi. Awl died on October 15, 1973, at the Vindobona Nursing Home in Braddock Heights, Maryland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Awl, Aime M. Created via preloaddraft American scientific illustrators 1887 births 1973 deaths People from Frederick, Maryland United States Department of Agriculture people Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni American women illustrators Artists from Maryland 20th-century American illustrators 20th-century American women artists Smithsonian Institution people American natural history illustrators American animal artists Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick, Maryland)