Description: One of the most accomplished draughtsmen of visions in the 20th century, Alfred Kubin was also one of the gloomiest. Born in 1877 at Leitmeritz in Bohemia, Kubin spent his youth and years of study at the School of Applied Arts in Salzburg, later studying art and taking drawing lessons in Munich. Inspired by his fascination with the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, influenced artistically by Goya, Klinger, Ensor, Redon, Rops, and Munch, Kubin first found his own idiosyncratic Kubinesque set of motifs, rooted in dream visions, at the turn of the century. He called his imagery a vital "escape into the unreal": ghostly motifs, hybrid creatures, variants of torture and self-torture, dream, vampirism, spiritualism, decadence, erotics, death, and birth. His extraordinary oeuvre comprises more than 20,000 drawings, a large part of them done in pen, as portfolio pieces, and as illustrations fo…condition info: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages.
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EAN: 9783775712620
Book Title: Alfred Kubin : the Leopold Collection
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG
Publication Year: 2003
Topic: Individual Artists / General, Individual Architects & Firms / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Architecture
Item Weight: 26.4 Oz
Author: Alfred Kubin
Item Length: 11.5 in
Item Width: 8.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
