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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Das weiße Pferd

Alfred Kubin

Das weiße Pferd

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Die Chronik, 1940

Alfred Kubin

Die Chronik, 1940

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Ode an den Mond, 1926

Alfred Kubin

Ode an den Mond, 1926

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Der kranke Hund

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Der kranke Hund

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Isolde an der Leiche Tristans

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Isolde an der Leiche Tristans

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Weber Portfolio (portfolio of 15 prints)

Alfred Kubin

Weber Portfolio (portfolio of 15 prints)

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DER URHIRSCH

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DER URHIRSCH

Sale Date: March 30, 2019

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A group of three prints

Alfred Kubin

A group of three prints

Sale Date: March 24, 2019

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Group of 4 lithographs: Das Hochmoor *..., 1923–1934

Alfred Kubin

Group of 4 lithographs: Das Hochmoor *..., 1923–1934

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Begegnung

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Begegnung

Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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Geselliges Gespräch, 1920

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Geselliges Gespräch, 1920

Sale Date: February 16, 2019

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The apple thief

Alfred Kubin

The apple thief

Sale Date: February 26, 2019

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Übervölkerung, 1915

Alfred Kubin

Übervölkerung, 1915

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Ein neuer Totentanz, 1947

Alfred Kubin

Ein neuer Totentanz, 1947

Sale Date: February 14, 2019

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Rauhnacht, 1925

Alfred Kubin

Rauhnacht, 1925

Sale Date: February 14, 2019

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Der Mühlteich, aus Mappe VII/12: Rauhnacht, 1925

Alfred Kubin

Der Mühlteich, aus Mappe VII/12: Rauhnacht, 1925

Sale Date: January 29, 2019

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Die Müllerin, aus Mappe VII/13: Rauhnacht, 1924

Alfred Kubin

Die Müllerin, aus Mappe VII/13: Rauhnacht, 1924

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Kriegskameraden, aus Mappe VII/11: Rauhnacht

Alfred Kubin

Kriegskameraden, aus Mappe VII/11: Rauhnacht

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Adaptierter Kriegswagen, 1952

Alfred Kubin

Adaptierter Kriegswagen, 1952

Sale Date: December 15, 2018

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Der gestiefelte Kater (Puss in the Boots)

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Der gestiefelte Kater (Puss in the Boots)

Sale Date: December 19, 2018

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Der Waldgott (The forest god)

Alfred Kubin

Der Waldgott (The forest god)

Sale Date: December 19, 2018

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Schnelle Bewegung

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Schnelle Bewegung

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Tumult

Alfred Kubin

Tumult

Sale Date: November 30, 2018

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Battle of centaurs (recto), figure studies (verso)

Alfred Kubin

Battle of centaurs (recto), figure studies (verso)

Sale Date: November 30, 2018

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