Head of a Tiger
Wilhelm Kuhnert Oppeln 1865 - Flims/CH 1926
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.
Wilhelm Kuhnert: 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.