Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (10 April 1877 – 20 August 1959) was an Austrian printmaker, illustrator, and occasional writer. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism.
Kubin was born in Bohemia in the town of Leitmeritz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice). From 1892 to 1896, he was apprenticed to the landscape photographer Alois Beer, although he learned little.[1] In 1896, he attempted suicide on his mother's grave, and his short stint in the Austrian army the following year ended with a nervous breakdown.[1] In 1898, Kubin began a period of artistic study at a private academy run by the painter Ludwig Schmitt-Reutte, before enrolling at the Munich Academy in 1899, without finishing his studies there. In Munich, Kubin discovered the works of Odilon Redon, Edvard Munch, James Ensor, Henry de Groux, and Félicien Rops. He was profoundly affected by the prints of Max Klinger, and later recounted: "Here a new art was thrown open to me, which offered free play for the imaginative expression of every conceivable world of feeling. Before putting the engravings away I swore that I would dedicate my life to the creation of similar works".[2] The aquatint technique used by Klinger and Goya influenced the style of his works of this period, which are mainly ink and wash drawings of fantastical, often macabre subjects.[1] Kubin produced a small number of oil paintings in the years between 1902 and 1910, but thereafter his output consisted of pen and inkdrawings, watercolors, and lithographs. In 1911, he became associated with the Blaue Reiter group, and exhibited with them in the Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin in 1913.[2] After that time, he lost contact with the artistic avant-garde.
Manor-House Zwickledt (Upper Austria): Last residence of Alfred Kubin.
From 1906 until his death, he lived a withdrawn life in a Manor-House on a 12th-century estate in Zwickledt, Upper Austria.[4] In 1938, at the Anschluss of Austria and Nazi Germany, his work was declared entartete Kunst or "degenerate art,"[5] but he managed to continue working during World War II.
The Other Side
Kubin's only literary work was Die andere Seite (transl.The Other Side) (1908), a fantastic novel set in an oppressive imaginary land.[6][7][8][9] The novel has an atmosphere of claustrophobicabsurdity similar to the writings of Franz Kafka, who admired the book.[4][10] The illustrations for the book were originally intended for The Golem by Gustav Meyrink, but as that book was delayed, Kubin instead worked his illustrations into his own novel.[3]
Nazi-looted art
In 2016, the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich restituted, to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern, 16 drawings by Kubin which had been sold under duress in Vienna in July 1938 as a result of Nazi persecution of Jews following Austria's Anschluss with Nazi Germany. Lenbachhaus had acquired them from Kurt Otte, a Kubin collector in Hamburg in 1971.[11]
The German Lost Art Foundation lists 24 artworks by Kubin in its database, many of which are from the Found-Object Reports from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden[12] which launched Nazi-era provenance research in 2008.[13]
^ abcBrockhaus, Christoph (2003). "Kubin, Alfred". Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T048160. ISBN978-1-884446-05-4. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ abSiegfried Schödel, Studien zu den phantastischen Erzählungen Gustav Meyrinks, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1965, (p.27).
^ abcRosenberg, Karen. 15 October 2008. Mapping the Shadowy Corners of the Subconscious. The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^Karl-Heinz Meissner, Alfred Kubin, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, Edition Spangenberg, 1990 (p.114).
^"Artist creates a nightmare novel". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 October 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 30 March 2020 – via Trove.
^Robyn Walton (2011), The Crime of Material Culture, the Condition of the Colonies and Utopian/Dystopian Impulses, 1908-10, retrieved 30 March 2020
^Kubin, Alfred; Lindley, Denver; Kubin, Alfred, 1877-1959. Autobiography (1969), The other side : a fantastic novel, Gollancz, ISBN978-0-575-00345-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Kubin, Alfred, The Life and Art of Alfred Kubin, Dover 2017 (Bibliographic note). Viewable through Amazon.com's Look Inside feature for the book.
^"16 drawings by Alfred Kubin restituted to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern". www.lootedart.com. from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021. On 15 May 2019 sixteen drawings by Alfred Kubin were restituted by the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern of Vienna with the assistance of the Commission for Looted Art in Europe. The drawings were sold under duress in Vienna in July 1938 to Kurt Otte, a Kubin collector in Hamburg. In 1971 his archive and collection were sold to the Lenbachhaus in Munich where the sixteen drawings remained, with the Morgenstern stamp, and together with the documents of the 1938 sale, until their restitution in May 2019. Max Morgenstern was one of the earliest collectors of Kubin and the artist's first major patron.
^"Lost Art Internet Database - Advanced Search". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^"Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Provenance Research". 5 November 2016. from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
References
Arnason, H. H., & Wheeler, D. (1986). History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. ISBN9780133903607
Assman, Peter Alfred Kubin 1877–1959. Exhibition catalogue Brussels (Ixelles) 1997
Alfred Kubin. Exhibition catalogue Neue Galerie New York 2008
Romana Schuler Alfred Kubin, Aus meinem Reich. Exhibition catalogue Leopold Museum Vienna 2003
Traumgestalten. 100 Meisterwerke aus dem Besitz der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina. Vienna 1990
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Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin 10 April 1877 20 August 1959 was an Austrian printmaker illustrator and occasional writer Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism Alfred KubinBornAlfred Leopold Isidor Kubin 1877 04 10 10 April 1877Litomerice Kingdom of Bohemia Austria Hungary now Litomerice Czech Republic Died20 August 1959 1959 08 20 aged 82 Zwickledt near Wernstein am Inn AustriaNationalityAustrianEducationMunich AcademyKnown forPaintingMovementSymbolism Expressionism Contents 1 Biography 2 The Other Side 3 Nazi looted art 4 Honours and awards 5 Collections 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksBiography EditKubin was born in Bohemia in the town of Leitmeritz Austro Hungarian Empire now Litomerice From 1892 to 1896 he was apprenticed to the landscape photographer Alois Beer although he learned little 1 In 1896 he attempted suicide on his mother s grave and his short stint in the Austrian army the following year ended with a nervous breakdown 1 In 1898 Kubin began a period of artistic study at a private academy run by the painter Ludwig Schmitt Reutte before enrolling at the Munich Academy in 1899 without finishing his studies there In Munich Kubin discovered the works of Odilon Redon Edvard Munch James Ensor Henry de Groux and Felicien Rops He was profoundly affected by the prints of Max Klinger and later recounted Here a new art was thrown open to me which offered free play for the imaginative expression of every conceivable world of feeling Before putting the engravings away I swore that I would dedicate my life to the creation of similar works 2 The aquatint technique used by Klinger and Goya influenced the style of his works of this period which are mainly ink and wash drawings of fantastical often macabre subjects 1 Kubin produced a small number of oil paintings in the years between 1902 and 1910 but thereafter his output consisted of pen and ink drawings watercolors and lithographs In 1911 he became associated with the Blaue Reiter group and exhibited with them in the Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin in 1913 2 After that time he lost contact with the artistic avant garde Manor House Zwickledt Upper Austria Last residence of Alfred Kubin Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism and is noted for dark spectral symbolic fantasies often assembled into thematic series of drawings Like Oskar Kokoschka and Albert Paris Gutersloh Kubin had both artistic and literary talent He illustrated works of Edgar Allan Poe E T A Hoffmann and Fyodor Dostoevsky among others Kubin also illustrated the German fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten 3 4 From 1906 until his death he lived a withdrawn life in a Manor House on a 12th century estate in Zwickledt Upper Austria 4 In 1938 at the Anschluss of Austria and Nazi Germany his work was declared entartete Kunst or degenerate art 5 but he managed to continue working during World War II The Other Side EditKubin s only literary work was Die andere Seite transl The Other Side 1908 a fantastic novel set in an oppressive imaginary land 6 7 8 9 The novel has an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity similar to the writings of Franz Kafka who admired the book 4 10 The illustrations for the book were originally intended for The Golem by Gustav Meyrink but as that book was delayed Kubin instead worked his illustrations into his own novel 3 Nazi looted art EditIn 2016 the Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich restituted to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern 16 drawings by Kubin which had been sold under duress in Vienna in July 1938 as a result of Nazi persecution of Jews following Austria s Anschluss with Nazi Germany Lenbachhaus had acquired them from Kurt Otte a Kubin collector in Hamburg in 1971 11 The German Lost Art Foundation lists 24 artworks by Kubin in its database many of which are from the Found Object Reports from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden 12 which launched Nazi era provenance research in 2008 13 Honours and awards EditCity of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts 1950 Grand Austrian State Prize for Visual Art 1951 Austrian Medal for Science and Art 1957 Gustav Klimt badge as an honorary member of the Vienna SecessionCollections EditKubin s Dance of Death and Other Drawings 1973 art collection ISBN 9780486228846 The Life and Art of Alfred Kubin 2017 autobiography ISBN 9780486815305 Gallery Edit The State 1899 1900 Dolmen c 1900 1902 Indian ink wash spray paint and white body color Albertina Vienna A Dream Visits us Every Night 1900 The Past Forgotten Swallowed 1901 The Lady on the Horse 1901 pen ink wash and spray The Last King 1902 The Moment of Birth 1902 Siberian Fairy Tale 1902 Angst 1903 Black Mass 1905 See also Edit Novels portalList of Austrian artists and architects List of AustriansNotes Edit a b c Brockhaus Christoph 2003 Kubin Alfred Grove Art Online doi 10 1093 gao 9781884446054 article T048160 ISBN 978 1 884446 05 4 Retrieved 16 April 2020 a b Arnason amp Wheeler 1986 p 88 a b Siegfried Schodel Studien zu den phantastischen Erzahlungen Gustav Meyrinks Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg 1965 p 27 a b c Rosenberg Karen 15 October 2008 Mapping the Shadowy Corners of the Subconscious The New York Times Retrieved 3 April 2012 Karl Heinz Meissner Alfred Kubin Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munchen Edition Spangenberg 1990 p 114 Artist creates a nightmare novel The Canberra Times Australian Capital Territory Australia 24 October 1970 p 13 Retrieved 30 March 2020 via Trove Robyn Walton 2011 The Crime of Material Culture the Condition of the Colonies and Utopian Dystopian Impulses 1908 10 retrieved 30 March 2020 Kubin Alfred Lindley Denver Kubin Alfred 1877 1959 Autobiography 1969 The other side a fantastic novel Gollancz ISBN 978 0 575 00345 3 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Kubin Alfred The Life and Art of Alfred Kubin Dover 2017 Bibliographic note Viewable through Amazon com s Look Inside feature for the book Franz Rottensteiner The Fantasy Book An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkien p 143 Collier Books 1978 ISBN 0 02 053560 0 16 drawings by Alfred Kubin restituted to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern www lootedart com Archived from the original on 24 June 2020 Retrieved 5 June 2021 On 15 May 2019 sixteen drawings by Alfred Kubin were restituted by the Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich to the heirs of Max and Hertha Morgenstern of Vienna with the assistance of the Commission for Looted Art in Europe The drawings were sold under duress in Vienna in July 1938 to Kurt Otte a Kubin collector in Hamburg In 1971 his archive and collection were sold to the Lenbachhaus in Munich where the sixteen drawings remained with the Morgenstern stamp and together with the documents of the 1938 sale until their restitution in May 2019 Max Morgenstern was one of the earliest collectors of Kubin and the artist s first major patron Lost Art Internet Database Advanced Search www lostart de Retrieved 5 June 2021 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Provenance Research 5 November 2016 Archived from the original on 5 November 2016 Retrieved 5 June 2021 References EditArnason H H amp Wheeler D 1986 History of Modern Art Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography Englewood Cliffs N J Prentice Hall ISBN 9780133903607 Assman Peter Alfred Kubin 1877 1959 Exhibition catalogue Brussels Ixelles 1997 Alfred Kubin Exhibition catalogue Neue Galerie New York 2008 Romana Schuler Alfred Kubin Aus meinem Reich Exhibition catalogue Leopold Museum Vienna 2003 Traumgestalten 100 Meisterwerke aus dem Besitz der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina Vienna 1990External links EditWorks by Alfred Kubin at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Alfred Kubin at Internet Archive www alfred kubin com in German Stefan Uner Alfred Kubin Bewusst in Unbewusste in Parnass Vienna 2019 Water Spirit oil painting by Alfred Kubin Die Blaetter mit dem Tod book of prints by Alfred Kubin at the Leo Baeck Institute New York More than 200 paintings and drawings by Alfred Kubin Alfred Kubin at Library of Congress Authorities with 110 catalogue records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Kubin amp oldid 1128202867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
