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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 In 1906, it acquired the Zwickledt school, where Kubin led a withdrawn life up to his death.

He is considered an important representative of Expressionism, and has mostly created Quill Drawing s (partly hand-coloured) and Lithographies of dark, spectral, symbolic forces of expression (often assembled into thematic series of drawings). In 1912 , he became associated with the '' Blaue Reiter '' group.

Like Oskar Kokoschka and Albert Paris Gütersloh , Kubin had both artistic and literary talent. His Novel ''Die Andere Seite'' (''The Other Side'') ( 1909 ), and his illustrations of literary works by Edgar Allan Poe , E.T.A. Hoffmann , Fyodor Dostoevsky and others, demonstrate his diverse talents.

''Die Andere Seite'' is an Apocalyptic / Dystopic Fantasy with an atmosphere of Claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of the later writings of Franz Kafka .

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 ;

  • ''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.



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