Bob Kuhn is one of the leading painters of animals shown in dramatic action. This ability to arrest the animals in motion sets him apart from the other contemporary painters of North America and African wildlife. Kuhn was intrigued since boyhood by the animal kingdom. His earliest contacts with large mammals were made at the Buffalo Zoo. After completing public high school in Buffalo, Kuhn studied commercial art for three years at the Pratt Institute. He worked steadily as an illustrator from 1940 to 1970, taking only a year anda half off to serve as a merchant seaman in World War II. Kuhn was an illustrator for such outdoor magazines as Field and Stream, True and Outdoor Life. He also designed illustrations for books and advertisements. In 1964, he started painting for the Remington Arms Company Game Art Calendar. In 1970, this painter resigned from all of his commercial accounts in order to devote himself exclusively to easel painting of wildlife. Since that time he has won awards and medals at such distinguished shows as the National Academy of Western Art and the Cowboy Hall of Fame Wildlife Art Show. Encouraged and influenced by Paul Bransom, who was known as the “dean of animal artist”, Kuhn, in turn, has assisted many younger wildlife artists in their careers. From his home and studio in rural Connecticut, Bob Kuhn has done extensive traveling. He has studied animals on location all over North America and frequently visits Africa. “Understanding animals behavior is at the heart of animal painting. It is at the core of the art.” – Bob Kuhn *excerpt from Genesee Country Museum