Raúl Martín is a Spanish illustrator specializing in paleoart, the branch of science illustration that deals with artworks of subjects of paleontology. He is best known for his dinosaur paintings which appear in museums all over the world including the

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, the

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, and Fort Peck Paleontology Inc. His works also notably appear in popular magazines including '' Scientific American'', '' Science'', and the International Edition of ''

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''. As of 2001, he works with the paleontology department at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain, where he currently lives, as well as with the

paleoanthropological Paleoanthropology or paleo-anthropology is a branch of paleontology and anthropology which seeks to understand the early development of anatomically modern humans, a process known as hominization, through the reconstruction of evolutionary kinship ...

team of the Atapuerca Mountains excavations. Among Martín's most iconic works are paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals such as the giant

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s '' Deinosuchus'' and '' Sarcosuchus''. He considers himself to be entirely self-taught and has drawn inspiration from

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painters including Richard Estes, Chuck Close, and Antonio López García. Throughout his career he has created paleoart in predominantly acrylic paints, but also works with oils,

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

s, pencils, and more recently

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Raúl Martín Paleontological Illustration
Paleoartists Living people Spanish illustrators Year of birth missing (living people) Spanish painters {{Spain-artist-stub

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