{"id":239,"date":"2010-03-12T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2010-06-18T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T21:25:16","slug":"sculpture-of-john-ditunno-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doktorjohn.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture of John DiTunno M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the privilege to make the acquaintance of a true Renaissance Man, retired professor of Physiatry (that’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), John DiTunno, M.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. DiTunno is an amateur sculptor who has, among his many artistic accomplishments, re-interpreted Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, “Christina’s World”<\/strong>, bestowing upon it a higher-still level of immortality by actualizing the image in stone!<\/p>\n

Here we see his sculpture,“Christina,”<\/strong> and below it, Wyeth’s masterpiece, “Christina’s World.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

As we know, Wyeth’s painting portrays a handicapped lady who was renowned in her small world for having borne and in significant measure surmounted a physical disability both courageously and with dignity.<\/p>\n


\nJust as John DiTunno, a physician who spent his life helping the disabled to overcome their physical limitations was inspired by Wyeth, so too a colleague of his—another professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Margaret Stineman, M.D.<\/strong>—was inspired to pen this beautiful poem in homage to John’s creation!<\/p>\n

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