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Head of a Tiger

Wilhelm Kuhnert Oppeln 1865 - Flims/CH 1926


Head of a Tiger

Lot-No. 464

Proceeds : 400 €


Etching a. drypoint, 18,5 x 19,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Wilh. Kuhnert, l. u. num. 14/60, matted a. framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German animal painter. With a scholarship at the Berlin academy he studied from 1883 to 1887 under F.K. Bellermann a. P.F. Meyerheim a. travelled often to Scandinavia but most of all to Africa a. India where he found his motifs a. turned out to be the most important exponent of his genre. His works were not only shown on the major European exhibitions but also reproduced in numerous editions. - Mus.: Hannover, Leiden, Enschede, Fort Worth. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.

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Wilhelm Kuhnert: Head of a Tiger


Wilhelm Kuhnert Oppeln 1865 - Flims/CH 1926

Head of a Tiger

Lot-No. 464

Proceeds : 400 €

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Etching a. drypoint, 18,5 x 19,5 cm, lo. ri. autographed Wilh. Kuhnert, l. u. num. 14/60, matted a. framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German animal painter. With a scholarship at the Berlin academy he studied from 1883 to 1887 under F.K. Bellermann a. P.F. Meyerheim a. travelled often to Scandinavia but most of all to Africa a. India where he found his motifs a. turned out to be the most important exponent of his genre. His works were not only shown on the major European exhibitions but also reproduced in numerous editions. - Mus.: Hannover, Leiden, Enschede, Fort Worth. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.

Head of a Tiger
Head of a Tiger