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.
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

Abbildung der deutschen holzarten für forstmäner und liebhaber der botanik, 1815 – 1820 – Illustrations of German wood species for foresters and lovers of botany.Abbildung der fremden, in Deutschland ausdauernden holzarten für forstmänner, garten besitzer und für freunde der botanik, 1825.Abbildung und Beschreibung aller in der Pharmacopoea Borussica aufgeführten Gewächse, – Illustrations and descriptions of everything in the Pharmacopoeia Borussica listing of plants.Pflanzen-Abbildungen und Beschreibungen zur Erkenntniss officineller Gewächse, 1838 – Botanical illustrations and descriptions of officinal plants.