Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926)
1865-09-18Opole, Prussia1926-02-11Flims, SwitzerlandGermany
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert was a German painter, author and illustrator, who specialized in animal images. After illustrating the books of Alfred Brehm, he travelled to German East Africa to observe animals in their habitat and produced numerous paintings that defined Africa for many Germans of the period.
Date and place of birt: | 18 september 1865, Opole, Prussia |
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Date and place of death: | 11 february 1926, Flims, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Engraver, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art |
Art style: | Academism, Realism |
Technique: | Etching, Watercolor |