Gottfried Bammes

Gottfried Bammes (26 April 1920 – 14 May 2007) was a professor of art at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Germany. His anatomic drawing textbooks have become standard reference works; several have been translated into English.

Partial bibliography

Title	Editions	Pages	Translations
Die Gestalt des Menschen // Der nackte Mensch	1964, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1995, 2002, 2010	473	English
Menschen zeichnen // Wir zeichnen den Menschen	1989, 1999, 2008, 2009	310	English
Die Gestalt des Tieres	1975, 2003	502/506
Tiere zeichnen	2001, 2009, 2010	239	English, French
Studien zur Gestalt des Menschen	1990, 1998	144	English
Studien zur Gestalt des Tieres	1999	144	English
Die neue große Zeichenschule
Figürliches Gestalten
Künstleranatomie und bildnerischer Ausdruck
Körper und Gewand

English Translations

Title	Editions	Translation of
The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators	2017	Die Gestalt des Menschen
Complete Guide to Life Drawing	2011	Menschen zeichnen
Complete Guide to Drawing Animals	2009, 2013	Tiere zeichnen
The Artist's Guide to Human Anatomy	1994, 2004	Studien zur Gestalt des Menschen
The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy	1994, 2004	Studien zur Gestalt des Tieres

Awards

• National Prize of East Germany for science and technology (1974)
• Culture and Art Award of the city of Freital (2000)
• Honorary citizenship of Freital (2004)

References

• Biography of Gottfried Bammes on the website of the city of Freital

External links

• Literature by and about Gottfried Bammes in the German National Library catalogue