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King of the Animals - Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa (Hardcover)
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King of the Animals - Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa (Hardcover)
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Wilhelm Kuhnert was a pioneer. He was one of the first European
artists to travel to the largely unexplored savannahs and jungles
of the German colonies in North and East Africa. Under hazardous
conditi ons he documented at close quarters the fascinating animal
and plant world and then created in his Berlin studio monumental
paintings which were much sought - after on the art market. Like no
other artist of his time Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926) has moulded
our image of Africa. In his seductively realistic drawings,
watercolours and paintings he recorded with almost scientific
accuracy the characteristics of the animals and their habitat. It
is not surprising, therefore, that his pictures illustrated on the
o ne hand legendary reference works like Brehms Tierleben and
adorned on the other the popular collector cards of the chocolate
manufacturer Stollwerck. The volume shows a comprehensive, exciting
portrait of Kuhnert's unusual life and works and takes into account
at the same time the current debate on attitudes to Germany's
colonial past.
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