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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Der Eremit von Zwickledt, 1918

Alfred Kubin

Der Eremit von Zwickledt, 1918

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Hütet das Geheimnis, 1928

Alfred Kubin

Hütet das Geheimnis, 1928

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Der Nachkriegsösterreicher oh weh, 1945

Alfred Kubin

Der Nachkriegsösterreicher oh weh, 1945

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Aetatis suae Anno LX, 1937

Alfred Kubin

Aetatis suae Anno LX, 1937

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The Oriental, 1906–1907

Alfred Kubin

The Oriental, 1906–1907

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Böhmerwäldler

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Böhmerwäldler

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Sennerin - Loferer Alpen, 1921

Alfred Kubin

Sennerin - Loferer Alpen, 1921

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Der Nachtwächter

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Der Nachtwächter

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Verleugnung Christi

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Verleugnung Christi

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Einfall vom

Alfred Kubin

Einfall vom "Schwedischen Reiter", 1941

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St. Hieronymus (St. Jerome), 1923

Alfred Kubin

St. Hieronymus (St. Jerome), 1923

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Josaphat

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Josaphat

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Fontaine à l’écureuil, 1942

Alfred Kubin

Fontaine à l’écureuil, 1942

Sale Date: November 9, 2018

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“Die Berg- und Talwelt”

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“Die Berg- und Talwelt”

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“Elefantengruppe” signed Kubin

Alfred Kubin

“Elefantengruppe” signed Kubin

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“Morgen am Altwasser der unteren Donau”, 1907

Alfred Kubin

“Morgen am Altwasser der unteren Donau”, 1907

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Frauenakt im Boudoir, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Frauenakt im Boudoir, 1930

Sale Date: November 9, 2018

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Traumland. [Mischausgabe aus Traumland I und...

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Traumland. [Mischausgabe aus Traumland I und...

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LESENDER EINSIEDLER

Alfred Kubin

LESENDER EINSIEDLER

Sale Date: September 22, 2018

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Rast der Feldarbeiter [Pair of Peasants..., 1929

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Rast der Feldarbeiter [Pair of Peasants..., 1929

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Susannah and the Elders

Alfred Kubin

Susannah and the Elders

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KNECHTUNG (ENSLAVEMENT), 1911

Alfred Kubin

KNECHTUNG (ENSLAVEMENT), 1911

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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MÄNNLICHER ARM MIT WEIBLICHEM AKT (MALE ARM..., 1898

Alfred Kubin

MÄNNLICHER ARM MIT WEIBLICHEM AKT (MALE ARM..., 1898

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DIE LÜGE (THE LIE), 1937

Alfred Kubin

DIE LÜGE (THE LIE), 1937

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