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

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Heinrich Lautensack, Unpaar. Mit 20..., 1926

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Heinrich Lautensack, Unpaar. Mit 20..., 1926

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Der Guckkasten. Bilder und Text von Alfred..., 1925

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Der Guckkasten. Bilder und Text von Alfred..., 1925

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Stilzel, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Stilzel, 1930

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Traumland I. Mappe mit 12 blattgrossen..., 1922

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Traumland I. Mappe mit 12 blattgrossen..., 1922

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Alfred Kubin. Nach Damaskus. Achtzehn..., 1922

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Alfred Kubin. Nach Damaskus. Achtzehn..., 1922

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Alfred Kubin. Märchenprinzessin -..., 1920

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Alfred Kubin. Märchenprinzessin -..., 1920

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Die sieben Todsünden: Hoffart - Geiz - Frass , 1914

Alfred Kubin

Die sieben Todsünden: Hoffart - Geiz - Frass , 1914

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Alfred Kubin. Von verschiedenen Ebenen, 1922

Alfred Kubin

Alfred Kubin. Von verschiedenen Ebenen, 1922

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Die alte Zigeunerin, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Die alte Zigeunerin, 1930

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Ligeia - Illustration zu Edgar Allan Poe, 1920

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Ligeia - Illustration zu Edgar Allan Poe, 1920

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Der verlorene Sohn, 1920

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Der verlorene Sohn, 1920

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Goldener Vogel, 1920

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Goldener Vogel, 1920

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Studie zu Seidel Das Älteste Ding der Welt

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Studie zu Seidel Das Älteste Ding der Welt

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Das alter (old age) or der jüngste der..., 1940–1945

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Das alter (old age) or der jüngste der..., 1940–1945

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Phantasiestück (fantasy piece), 1940–1945

Alfred Kubin

Phantasiestück (fantasy piece), 1940–1945

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Schloß Goldegg i.P, 1947

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Schloß Goldegg i.P, 1947

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Laterne, 1940–1950

Alfred Kubin

Laterne, 1940–1950

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Tanzorgie in Zwickledt, 1927

Alfred Kubin

Tanzorgie in Zwickledt, 1927

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Pan - Das Waldgespenst, 1923

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Pan - Das Waldgespenst, 1923

Sale Date: June 18, 2015

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Die Neuberg am Inn, 1931

Alfred Kubin

Die Neuberg am Inn, 1931

Sale Date: June 5, 2015

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Mappe Ein neuer Totentanz, 1947

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Mappe Ein neuer Totentanz, 1947

Sale Date: May 19, 2015

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Der Gutsherr

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Sale Date: May 19, 2015

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