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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Francisco Goya, Paul Klee, Max Klinger, Franz Marc, Edvard Munch

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Alfred Kubin (3,171 results)
Coastal landscape, 1914

Alfred Kubin

Coastal landscape, 1914

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Die Überlebenden, from Arthur Honegger, Paul , 1950

Alfred Kubin

Die Überlebenden, from Arthur Honegger, Paul , 1950

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Greeting card for Grete Bilger, 1944

Alfred Kubin

Greeting card for Grete Bilger, 1944

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Illustration for Schnack: Phantastische..., 1949

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Illustration for Schnack: Phantastische..., 1949

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Illustration for Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

Alfred Kubin

Illustration for Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

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Illustration for Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

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Illustration for Huch: Neue Träume, 1921

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Old house in Zell, 1920

Alfred Kubin

Old house in Zell, 1920

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Frau Welt und der Junggeselle

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Frau Welt und der Junggeselle

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1914, 1914

Alfred Kubin

1914, 1914

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Der Tod von Ötting - from: Ein neuer Totentanz, 1937

Alfred Kubin

Der Tod von Ötting - from: Ein neuer Totentanz, 1937

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Two fantasy animals

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Two fantasy animals

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Bad dream (study)

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Bad dream (study)

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Tatar, 1907

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Tatar, 1907

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EPIDEMIE (EPIDEMIC), 1900–1901

Alfred Kubin

EPIDEMIE (EPIDEMIC), 1900–1901

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Askese, 1900

Alfred Kubin

Askese, 1900

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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o. T.

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o. T.

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Entwurf zum

Alfred Kubin

Entwurf zum "Zeichen", 1930

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Facsimiledrucke nach Kunstblättern (portfolio of

Alfred Kubin

Facsimiledrucke nach Kunstblättern (portfolio of

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Adventurous shark, 1935–1940

Alfred Kubin

Adventurous shark, 1935–1940

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Beim Fischteich

Alfred Kubin

Beim Fischteich

Sale Date: May 4, 2019

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o.T. (Zwei Häuser unter Tannen)

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o.T. (Zwei Häuser unter Tannen)

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Friedrich Mergel als Erhängter an der..., 1925

Alfred Kubin

Friedrich Mergel als Erhängter an der..., 1925

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Der Tod bei der Arbeit I, 1923

Alfred Kubin

Der Tod bei der Arbeit I, 1923

Sale Date: May 8, 2019

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Der Vampyr, 1938

Alfred Kubin

Der Vampyr, 1938

Sale Date: May 7, 2019

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