Bob Kuhn
Robert "Bob" Frederick Kuhn (born January 28, 1920 in Buffalo , New York , † October 1, 2007 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American painter , illustrator and sculptor whose subjects were predominantly wild animals from the American and African continents . He only signed with his family name.
Life
Bob Kuhn was the son of Edward G. (1886–1965) and Marie Wilhelmina Kuhn, née Trapp (1894–1992). He had two brothers and a sister.
Kuhn grew up in Buffalo and, as a child, painted animals that he observed in the Buffalo Zoo . From 1937 he studied at the Pratt Institute in New York City . There he also met his wife Elizabeth "Libby" Jane Casey († 2015). The wedding took place in 1941. For 50 years they lived in Roxbury in Litchfield County of Connecticut , where the three children were growing up. In 1996 he moved to Tucson , Arizona with Libby .
Bob Kuhn died of heart failure at the age of 87.
Act
During World War II , he served in the US Merchant Marine . There he started doing sports illustrations on board a ship. For 30 years he worked as one of the most important American wildlife illustrators. In 1970 he then concentrated exclusively on easel painting . In addition, some animal sculptures were created .
His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications. Works are in well-known collections, for example in the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole , Wyoming . Many of his paintings are traded in the five to six digit US dollar range. At a Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, his painting The Spawning Run (1991) achieved a top bid of nearly $ 500,000. In 1991 Kuhn won the “Prix de West” of the National Academy of Western Art, National Cowboy Hall of Fame , Oklahoma City, with his painting Lair of the Cat .
Kuhn was a member of the New York Society of Animal Artists (SAA) and was part of the original seven-member artist group Tucson 7 .
Literature (selection)
- Kuhn, Rober F .; in: Walt Reed: The illustrator in America 1880–1980. , Society of Illustrators (Ed.), New York 1967, p. 188.
- Kuhn, Rober F .; in: Walt Reed: The illustrator in America. 1860-2000. , Society of Illustrators (Ed.), New York 2001, p. 281.
- Tisa Rodriguez Sherman: The Tucson 7 , Tucson Museum of Art , 1997. ISBN 978-0-911611-10-6 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
- Tom Davis: The Animal Art of Bob Kuhn. Field & Stream , March 2008, p. 4 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
- James McNutt; Adam Duncan Harris (Ed.): Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
Web links
- Bob Kuhn at artcyclopedia.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kuhn, Bob ; Entry in the AKL online.
- ^ Kuhn, Robert F .; Entry in the AKL online.
- ^ Robert F. Kuhn , Genealogy.com.
- ^ Elizabeth Casey Kuhn (obituary), Arizona Daily Star, April 26, 2015.
- ^ Robert Frederick Kuhn (obituary), Arizona Daily Star, October 7, 2007.
- ↑ a b Robert Kuhn , National Museum of Wildlife Art.
- ^ Spotlight on Bob Kuhn , Jackson Hole Art Auction.
- ^ Past Auction Highlights for Bob Kuhn (1920–2007) , Coeur d'Alene Art Auction.
- ↑ A. Keith Brodkin: Tucson 7 Artists ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
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SURNAME | Kuhn, Bob |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhn, Robert Frederick (real name); Kuhn, Robert F. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter, illustrator, and sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2007 |
Place of death | Tucson , Arizona , USA |