Kunsthaus zug alfred kubin biography

Austrian illustrator and writer (1877–1959)

Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (10 April 1877 – 20 August 1959) was an Austrian artist, printmaker, illustrator, and occasional writer.

Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism.

Biography

Kubin was born in Bohemia in the town of Leitmeritz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice).

Kunsthaus zug alfred kubin biography

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 profou