# Bob Kuhn artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:52:11.294Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Death date: 2007-10-01
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Illustration, Sculpture

## About Bob Kuhn

Bob Kuhn (1920–2007), also cataloged as Robert Kuhn, was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor best known for wildlife subjects. The supplied authority records consistently identify him as an American painter, while the collected biographical source also describes illustration and sculpture as parts of his practice. His subject matter centered primarily on wild animals associated with the American and African continents. No specific modern-art movement or school is established by the available source pack, so his work is most accurately presented in the context of wildlife art rather than assigned to a movement. Collectors may encounter works under the names Bob Kuhn or Robert Kuhn; the biographical source reports that he signed with his surname, “Kuhn.” Appraisily’s artist record indicates a substantial auction footprint, but individual objects still require lot-level review to distinguish paintings, illustrative works, and sculpture and to verify authorship, date, medium, and subject.

## Common works and media

The collected sources associate Kuhn with wildlife paintings, illustrative works, and sculpture. Subjects are predominantly wild animals connected with the American and African continents. Auction and appraisal records should distinguish among these work types rather than treating every Kuhn entry as directly comparable.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by establishing whether a work is a painting, an illustrative work, or a sculpture, then identifying its wildlife subject and geographic context. The available sources associate Kuhn particularly with American and African fauna. A surname-only Kuhn signature may assist documentation, but it should not establish authorship without supporting object-level evidence. Relevant public auction records should be compared by work type, subject, sale date, and other documented lot characteristics. Because the supplied source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house results or price sequence, it does not support predictions about future value, liquidity, or rising or falling demand.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4933078
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500049226
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/18577056/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/180377949
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kuhn
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/bob-kuhn/