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Alfred Kubin

Alfred Kubin (1877 - 1959) was active/lived in Austria.  Alfred Kubin is known for Expressionist painting, printmaking, ink drawing.

Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877-August 20, 1959)

The artist's life may be divided into three phases, whose duration is inversely proportional to the importance that the artist and his later biographers have attached to them.  First came a troubled youth and adolescence, punctuated by his mother's death when the artist was ten, a suicide attempt at nineteen, and in 1897, a complete mental and physical collapse during a brief period of military service.  Following a year-long convalescence, Kubin entered the second and pivotal phase of his life.  Seemingly unfit for practical employment, he was sent in 1898 to Munich to study art, a longtime avocation for which he had shown some talent.  In Munich's hothouse of creative ferment, Kubin blossomed like some rare orchid.  Influenced by the German Symbolist Max Klinger and stimulated by the urban environment, he drew as if in a fever dream: nightmares made palpable, fantastical creatures inhabiti   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8118 characters.]  Artist bio

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Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877-August 20, 1959)

The artist's life may be divided into three phases, whose duration is inversely proportional to the importance that the artist and his later biographers have attached to them.  First came a troubled youth and adolescence, punctuated by his mother's death when the artist was ten, a suicide attempt at nineteen, and in 1897, a complete mental and physical collapse during a brief period of military service.  Following a year-long convalescence, Kubin entered the second and pivotal phase of his life.  Seemingly unfit for practical employment, he was sent in 1898 to Munich to study art, a longtime avocation for which he had shown some talent.  In Munich's h  ...  Displaying 750 of 8118 characters.

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