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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Alfred Kubin (3,171 results)

Dorfweg mit Schlange und Bäuerin, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Dorfweg mit Schlange und Bäuerin, 1930

Sale Date: June 16, 2018

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Diplomaten, 1917

Alfred Kubin

Diplomaten, 1917

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Kampfstier

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Study to

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Study to "Zeichen", 1930

Sale Date: June 19, 2018

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Nächtliche Begegnung (Nocturnal encounter), 1927

Alfred Kubin

Nächtliche Begegnung (Nocturnal encounter), 1927

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Die Judenbuche (The Jew's Beech), 1924

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Die Judenbuche (The Jew's Beech), 1924

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Recto and verso: Sketches (horse and..., 1930–1939

Alfred Kubin

Recto and verso: Sketches (horse and..., 1930–1939

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Recto and verso: sketches, 1920–1925

Alfred Kubin

Recto and verso: sketches, 1920–1925

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Orientalische landschaft Indische Pagode, 1935

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Orientalische landschaft Indische Pagode, 1935

Sale Date: June 4, 2018

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Des Menschen Schicksal (+ 5 others; 6 works), 1903

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Des Menschen Schicksal (+ 5 others; 6 works), 1903

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Russischer Pilger (Russian pilgrim), 1940

Alfred Kubin

Russischer Pilger (Russian pilgrim), 1940

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Bauer, Böhmerwald Folge (Peasant, from the..., 1931

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Bauer, Böhmerwald Folge (Peasant, from the..., 1931

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Bavarian folk singer, 1954

Alfred Kubin

Bavarian folk singer, 1954

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The Doctor, 1930–1939

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The Doctor, 1930–1939

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Der Verzweifelte (The Desperate), 1925

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Der Verzweifelte (The Desperate), 1925

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Recto and verso: Sketches with figures

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Recto and verso: Sketches with figures

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“Sängerlust“ (Singer's delight), 1933

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“Sängerlust“ (Singer's delight), 1933

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Three Character Sketches and Four Postcards

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Three Character Sketches and Four Postcards

Sale Date: June 3, 2018

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Adaptierter Kriegswagen, 1952

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Adaptierter Kriegswagen, 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Der Spaziergang, 1915–1918

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Der Spaziergang, 1915–1918

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Frauenkopf mit Kopfschmuck

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Frauenkopf mit Kopfschmuck

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Tanzende im Wirthaus

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Tanzende im Wirthaus

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Hexenbegegnung

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Hexenbegegnung

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Ex Libris für Felix und Marianne Grafe

Alfred Kubin

Ex Libris für Felix und Marianne Grafe

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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