Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert Prints – Rhinos, Lions & Birds
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert prints place animals within grass, rocks, trees and open sky. Different postures make a resting pair feel quite distinct from an alert standing body or a small group of birds. Explore the collection alongside wildlife art, bird illustrations and landscape prints.
Heavy forms within the shaded ground
Two Rhinoceros Resting sets the pair close together beneath a tree, with grass and low branches around them. The grey bodies contrast with warmer earth and pale vegetation. Small changes of head position distinguish the animals within their shared resting space.
Standing and resting bodies together
Pair of Lions on the Steppe places one lion upright near a darker-maned resting companion among rocks and grass. Pale distance opens behind the pair. Their contrasting silhouettes make both posture and surrounding ground important to the relationship between the animals.
Pale birds among dark foliage
Cockatoos gathers several birds along branches, with coloured crests and curved beaks providing small accents. Fine surrounding leaves give the group a close enclosure. Compare their upright poses with the much lower resting bodies of the larger mammals.
Related artists and collections
Compare closely observed wildlife in Archibald Thorburn, animals within broad country in Rosa Bonheur and expressive birds in Ohara Koson. Further wildlife and animal prints extends the mammals, while bird illustrations allows closer comparison of plumage, gesture and the use of surrounding branches.
Read more in our Archibald Thorburn’s wildlife art.
























