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.

Alfred Kubin Artworks

Alfred Kubin (3,171 results)

Mephistopheles, 1940

Alfred Kubin

Mephistopheles, 1940

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Gefangene Riesenechse und zwei Orientalen

Alfred Kubin

Gefangene Riesenechse und zwei Orientalen

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Laufende weibliche Figur

Alfred Kubin

Laufende weibliche Figur

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Schlafendes Paar, 1932

Alfred Kubin

Schlafendes Paar, 1932

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Schlangentöter, 1915

Alfred Kubin

Schlangentöter, 1915

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

Auction Closed

Schlafzimmer

Alfred Kubin

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

Auction Closed

Rübezahl und die Tiere, 1920–1929

Alfred Kubin

Rübezahl und die Tiere, 1920–1929

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

Auction Closed

Kämpfende Bison

Alfred Kubin

Kämpfende Bison

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

Auction Closed

Vorfrühling. - Tier und Geist (2 works), 1932–1950

Alfred Kubin

Vorfrühling. - Tier und Geist (2 works), 1932–1950

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

Auction Closed

Illustration zu Franz Kafka, Das Schloss, 1930

Alfred Kubin

Illustration zu Franz Kafka, Das Schloss, 1930

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

Auction Closed

Das ahnende Kalb, 1925

Alfred Kubin

Das ahnende Kalb, 1925

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

Auction Closed

Gorilla, 1925

Alfred Kubin

Gorilla, 1925

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

Auction Closed

Der Lauscher, 1922

Alfred Kubin

Der Lauscher, 1922

Sale Date: June 19, 2014

Auction Closed

Verzaubertes Morgenland, 1910–1914

Alfred Kubin

Verzaubertes Morgenland, 1910–1914

Sale Date: June 20, 2014

Auction Closed

Verbautes Haus, 1905–1910

Alfred Kubin

Verbautes Haus, 1905–1910

Sale Date: June 20, 2014

Auction Closed

Münchhausen

Alfred Kubin

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

Auction Closed

Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder, 1941

Alfred Kubin

Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder, 1941

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

Auction Closed

Das Schwert des Damokles, 1929

Alfred Kubin

Das Schwert des Damokles, 1929

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

Auction Closed

Senza titolo, 1925

Alfred Kubin

Senza titolo, 1925

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

Auction Closed

Pflegerin mit Kind, 1941

Alfred Kubin

Pflegerin mit Kind, 1941

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

Auction Closed

Die Flucht / Untitled (2 double-sided works), 1928

Alfred Kubin

Die Flucht / Untitled (2 double-sided works), 1928

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

Auction Closed

Fabeltier, 1906

Alfred Kubin

Fabeltier, 1906

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

Auction Closed

Rauhnacht (bk w/13 works, 4to), 1924

Alfred Kubin

Rauhnacht (bk w/13 works, 4to), 1924

Sale Date: May 10, 2014

Auction Closed

Myrdun. Vorlage für die Titelillustration zu , 1944

Alfred Kubin

Myrdun. Vorlage für die Titelillustration zu , 1944

Sale Date: May 10, 2014

Auction Closed

Previous 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Next

English (US)

©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.