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Melchior d'Hondecoeter was Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. Hondecoeter's paintings featured geese (brent goose, Egyptian goose and red-breasted goose), fieldfares, partridges, pigeons, ducks, northern cardinal, magpies and peacocks, but also African grey crowned cranes, Asian sarus cranes, Indonesian yellow-crested cockatoos, an Indonesian purple-naped lory and grey-headed lovebirds from Madagascar.
Hubert Kiecol is a German artist. He was a professor at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Kiecol graduated from the Hamburg Art School in 1971 and from 1975 at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. In 1984 he received a Mies van der Rohe grant and in 1985 an Annemarie and Will Grohmann grant. In 1991 he was awarded the Will Grohmann Prize by the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1993 he was appointed professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 2000 he received the Wolfgang Hahn Prize for contemporary art from the Society for Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
Hubert Kiecol is a German artist. He was a professor at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf. Kiecol graduated from the Hamburg Art School in 1971 and from 1975 at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. In 1984 he received a Mies van der Rohe grant and in 1985 an Annemarie and Will Grohmann grant. In 1991 he was awarded the Will Grohmann Prize by the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1993 he was appointed professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 2000 he received the Wolfgang Hahn Prize for contemporary art from the Society for Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
