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Property of a Gentleman, New York

Wilhelm Kuhnert

A Pride of Lions on the Prowl

Auction Closed

January 27, 04:44 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Wilhelm Kuhnert

German

1865 - 1926

A Pride of Lions on the Prowl


signed Wilh. Kuhnert (lower left)

oil on canvas

canvas: 37½ by 58½ in.; 95.2 by 148.5 cm

framed: 50¾ by 72 in.; 128.9 by 182.8 cm

Sale: Christie's, New York, 22 October 2008, lot 46

Private collection, New York

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Wilhelm Kuhnert is considered one of the greatest wildlife painters in art history. Kuhnert trained under the animal painter Paul Meyerheim in Berlin, where he first mastered the art of rendering animal fur, hair, and muscles. His talents were noted by his teachers, who advised him to devote himself entirely to animal painting. Enthusiastically taking their advice and in pursuit of this subject, he traveled extensively in Africa and the East, especially in Ceylon and East Africa. A keen hunter, he returned to Africa and the East year after year in the hunt for both game and subjects for his art.