Robert Thom
A Grand Rapids native who painted the history of medicine and pharmacy for Parke-Davis.
This artist's work is shown through the museum and artist links on this page while it remains under copyright or awaits a permission-cleared image.
Thom was born in Grand Rapids and worked for General Motors and Detroit Edison before going independent in 1945.
He is best known for 85 paintings on the history of pharmacy and medicine for Detroit's Parke-Davis. In 2007 the University of Michigan received 45 of the medical paintings from Pfizer. He also painted Michigan history for Michigan Bell.