Alfred Kubin

Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877 - August 20, 1959) was a Austrian expressionist illustrator and occasional writer.

expressionism. Ee created above all quill drawings (partly hand-coloured) and lithographies of dark, spectral, symbolistic force of expression (often assembled into thematic series of drawings). In 1912 he became associated with the Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group.

Like O. novel Die andere Seite, English The Other Side, 1909; also his illustrations of literary works (E. A. Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, F. M. Dostoyevsky and others) are to be seen in this connection. Die andere Seite is an apocalyptic fantasy with an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of later writings of Kafka's, such as The Castle and The Trial.

Further literary works: The looking box, 1925; Of the desk of a draughtsman, 1939; Adventure of an indication feather/spring, 1941; Sober Balladen, 1949; Evening-red, 1950; Fantasies in the Boehmerwald, 1951; Daemonen and night faces, 1959 (autobiography).

Kubin was awarded the Great Austrian State Prize in 1951, and the Austrian decoration for science and art in 1957.

References

• Die Andere Seite. ISBN: 3499137712

• A. Marks, the Illustrator A.Kubin, union catalog of his illustrations and book-artistic work, 1978

• G.of Zon, Word and Picture, 1991; UpperAustrian national gallery (Hg), A.Kubin 1877-1959, 1995 (with list of works)

• P. Assmann and A. Hoberg, A.Kubin, art relations, 1995; A. Hoberg and Ith angel man, A.Kubin - the lithographic work, 1999; New German Biographie.

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