Alfred Kubin
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Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877 - August 20, 1959) was a Austrian expressionist illustrator and occasional writer.
From 1898 to 1901, Kubin studied at the art school Schmitt Reutte and at the Munich Academy. In 1906 it acquired the Zwickledt school, where Kubin led a withdrawn life up to his death. Kubin is considered as an important representative of expressionism. He 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 (English: Blue Rider) group.
Like Oskar Kokoschka and A. P. Guetersloh, Kubin had both artistic and literary talent. His novel Die andere Seite (The Other Side), 1909 and his illustrations of literary works by E. A. Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, F. M. Dostoyevsky and others, demonstrate his diverse talents.
Die andere Seite is an apocalyptic/dystopic fantasy with an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of later writings of Kafka's, such as The Castle and The Trial.
His literary works also include:
- 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;
- and Daemons 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; Upper Austrian 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.
See also: Sean Kubin 1982-2004-?
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External links
- Dedication Page (http://www.alfred-kubin.com)
- Water Spirit- Oil painting (http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.data.image.k/k895439a.jps)