Every piece of art we offer is available in a multitude of sizes to fit any décor style.
Contemplation Before Surgery
The painting, “Contemplation Before Surgery,” is among Dr. Joe Wilder’s most well known, and shows a surgeon in scrubs gathering his thoughts before operating on a patient.
I am a surgeon. I love the challenge, the excitement and above all the joy and satisfaction of knowing that I could use all of my experience and ability to be a Healer.
Contemplation Before Surgery
Dr. Joe Wilder’s paintings are a rare record of what goes on in the operating room from the point of view of an insider, someone who has performed many operations and seen many operations performed, he indeed knows what it’s like to be deep in surgery.
There is something special about being able to enjoy paintings mounted on your wall that is a rare record of what it feels like as the Surgeon performing Surgery.
Visually convey the things you’re passionate about.
Contemplation Before Surgery
For information on how to purchase a Canvas Giclee Print please use the contact form below.
A Giclee is an excellent reproduction of the original painting on canvas. Giclees are a higher print quality than the traditional lithography and are more expensive to reproduce. Gicleeis a French term (pronounced “jee-clay”) which means to spray ink.
Many museums across the world have either hanging exhibitions of Giclees or have purchased prints for their permanent collections.
Our Giclees are printed on the same high quality canvas as original paintings.
Dr Joe Wilder as a surgeon and artist bridges the world between science and art in his paintings. Wilder’s images of the world of surgery are unique as he captures the realistic world of surgery today. His long experience in the operating room brings a new dimension to medical art.”
I have tried in my surgical paintings to portray the surgeon dedicated, caring, hard working individual I have observed by the thousands in my thirty-five year career as a Chief and Professor of surgery. Still, my surgeon series is but an extension of the joys I have experienced ‘as a surgeon’. “ Joe Wilder M.D.
Dr. Joe Wilder was Chief of Surgery at New York\’s Hospital for Joint Diseases and a Professor of Surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical School. Joe Wilder was featured in a PBS documentary “Ageless Heroes” he was one of ten chosen as ageless heroes selected for their great achievement.
