Alfred Kubin

(Austrian, 1877–1959)

Alfred Kubin was a Bohemian printmaker and illustrator who became an important figure of both the Symbolist and Expressionist movements. His inventive black-and-white drawings often featured fantastical or morbid elements, and depicted supernatural creatures and sexual violence. Born on April 10, 1877 in Leitmeritz, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), Kubin had an emotionally unstable childhood, attempting suicide and suffering a nervous breakdown before the age of 20. Upon moving to Munich in 1899, he was introduced to the works of Francisco de Goya and Max Klinger, the latter having a particularly profound impact on Kubin. He began producing nightmarish ink-and-wash drawings, and briefly became affiliated with the Russian artist émigré group, the Der Blaue Reiter, which included Wassily Kandinsky and Marianne Werefkin. Kubin was perhaps best known for illustrating the German editions of books by Edgar Allan Poe and Fyodor Dostoevsky. During rise of Nazism in Germany, his work was considered degenerate; he retreated into solitude and lived in a castle in Zwickledt, Upper Austria. He was awarded the City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts in 1950, and died at his home on August 20, 1959.

Alfred Kubin Artworks

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Der Tod holt den Zeichner, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Der Tod holt den Zeichner, 1930

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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Metzgerbursch - Figurine aus Rich. Billinger's...

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Die Heiligen, 1927

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Die Heiligen, 1927

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Rübezahl gibt sich für eine Hure aus, 1925

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Rübezahl gibt sich für eine Hure aus, 1925

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Die Strafe

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Mädchen am Gartenzaun, 1938

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Mädchen am Gartenzaun, 1938

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Widmungsblatt zum Geburtstag, 1948

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Widmungsblatt zum Geburtstag, 1948

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel (Phantastische Szenerie)

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Ohne Titel (Phantastische Szenerie)

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Hauff, Gespensterschiff (Hauff, Ghost Ship)

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Hauff, Gespensterschiff (Hauff, Ghost Ship)

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Sieben Faksimiledrucke aus der Hans von..., 1903

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Sieben Faksimiledrucke aus der Hans von..., 1903

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Haus Uster I

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Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Das neugierige Kind, 1942

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Das neugierige Kind, 1942

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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Hamlet, 1940

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John the Baptist

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John the Baptist

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Village landscape in the sunshine

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Village landscape in the sunshine

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Bosporus

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Abenteuer eines Kaisers

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Abenteuer eines Kaisers

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Der Urhirsch

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Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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DER URHIRSCH

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Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Fruhstuck am Strande (Breakfast on the Beach)

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Fruhstuck am Strande (Breakfast on the Beach)

Sale Date: October 22, 2020

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Das alte Jahr, 1945

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Das alte Jahr, 1945

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Erschrockener Spaziergänger am Wasser, 1930

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Erschrockener Spaziergänger am Wasser, 1930

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Am Rande des Lebens

Alfred Kubin

Am Rande des Lebens

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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