Wilhelm Kuhnert

Wilhelm Kuhnert
Born(1865-09-28)September 28, 1865
Oppeln, Prussia
DiedFebruary 11, 1926(1926-02-11) (aged 60)
Flims, Switzerland
OccupationPainter

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Kuhnert (September 28, 1865 – February 11, 1926) 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.

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