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Friedrich Kuhnert
Lion
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- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 8.5"
- Width: 10.5"
Born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert studied at the 'Königliche Akademische Hochschule für Bildende Künste' in Berlin. He became the most respected German animal painter of his time and a passionate traveller exploring the most remote areas of Egypt, East Africa and India, painting the animals in their natural habitats. Kuhnert co-wrote and illustrated a book with zoologist Johann Wilhelm Haacke.entitledTierleben der Erde, (Animals of the Earth).

