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.

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Child and riding witch, study, 1930–1939

Alfred Kubin

Child and riding witch, study, 1930–1939

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Witch on pole (sketches recto and verso)

Alfred Kubin

Witch on pole (sketches recto and verso)

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Illustration fir Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

Alfred Kubin

Illustration fir Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

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Acrobatics

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Fieber

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Illustration to Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

Alfred Kubin

Illustration to Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

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Jean Paul in Heidelberg

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Jean Paul in Heidelberg

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Illustration for: Der Tümpel von Zwickledt, 1932

Alfred Kubin

Illustration for: Der Tümpel von Zwickledt, 1932

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Magician and witch

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Magician and witch

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The cripple

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Encounter recto, figure and animal..., 1920–1929

Alfred Kubin

Encounter recto, figure and animal..., 1920–1929

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Sitter and two figures (studien recto and verso)

Alfred Kubin

Sitter and two figures (studien recto and verso)

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Study for the Last Judgement recto, sitting..., 1918

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Study for the Last Judgement recto, sitting..., 1918

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Der Nöck

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Bärentöter, 1906

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Bärentöter, 1906

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Aufruhr, illustration for: Die andere Seite, 1946

Alfred Kubin

Aufruhr, illustration for: Die andere Seite, 1946

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Wilderness

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Rübezahl, study for an illustration

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Rübezahl, study for an illustration

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Woman with cane, 1934

Alfred Kubin

Woman with cane, 1934

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Portrait of the writer Dr. Franz Blei, 1908

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Portrait of the writer Dr. Franz Blei, 1908

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Study for: Sturm über Zwickledt, 1930–1939

Alfred Kubin

Study for: Sturm über Zwickledt, 1930–1939

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Self-portrait with lady recto, figure and..., 1920

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Self-portrait with lady recto, figure and..., 1920

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Study for Tatareneinfall, 1920–1929

Alfred Kubin

Study for Tatareneinfall, 1920–1929

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Studies for E.T.A. Hoffmann: the sandman recto,...

Alfred Kubin

Studies for E.T.A. Hoffmann: the sandman recto,...

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