Kuhnert出生在 奥珀伦 1865。1894，他娶了18岁的卡洛琳威廉奥蒂莉小腹herdikerhoff。他们有一个女儿，Emilie。夫妻离婚在1909，Emilie是一个学生 锡兰 。崔英霞结婚1913 Gerda Jankowski第二次。1925，在他的第六十岁生日，她死了。Kuhnert死于1926年2月11日恢复呆在 薄膜 ，瑞士。他的墓在柏林的üdwestkirchhof施坦斯多夫。

在17岁的时候，他的技术商业学徒期结束后，Kuhnert在奖学金 柏林艺术大学 从1883到1887。从他的家 柏林 ，他踏上了前往 斯堪的纳维亚 ， 埃及 ， 东非 和 印度 为使景观和动物研究。他最喜欢的主题是非洲狮。1901是动物学家库纳特插画 约翰威廉哈克 的书 在地球的动物 。在1903，他成为了一个选择提供插图和设计的许多艺术家 交易卡 在科隆巧克力公司， 施托尔韦克 。 [ 1 ] 他还提供了一些插图1900版 brehms tierleben 。

相反，他的同行的做法，Kuhnert区别了自己画的热带野生动物，不在动物园。他画的 素描 ， 蚀刻 ， 水彩画 ，和 油画 。Kuhnert被认为是德国最重要的动物画

Kuhnert was born in oppeln 1865. In 1894, he married 18 year old Caroline William Ottilie belly herdikerhoff. They have a daughter, Emilie. The couple divorced in 1909, Emilie is a student of Ceylon. Cui Yingxia married 1913 Gerda Jankowski for the second time. 1925, on his sixtieth birthday, she died. Kuhnert died in February 11, 1926 to resume stay in thin film, switzerland. His tomb in Berlin dwestkirchhof stans randolph.
At the age of 17, his business apprenticeship ended, Kuhnert scholarship in University of the Arts in Berlin from 1883 to 1887. From his home in Berlin, he embarked on a trip to Scandinavia, Egypt, East Africa and India to make landscape and animal research. His favorite subject is the African lion. The 1901 is the illustrator John William Huck zoologist Kunert book in the earth's animal. In 1903, he became a choice to provide illustrations and design many artist trading cards in Cologne chocolate company, Stoll Wake. [1] he also provides some illustrations of the 1900 edition of brehms tierleben.
On the contrary, his practice of counterparts, Kuhnert distinguished himself painted tropical wild animal, not in the zoo. He painted sketches, etchings, watercolors, and paintings. Kuhnert is considered to be the most important animal painting in Germany