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Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin ( April 10, 1877 - August 20, 1959) was a Austrian expressionist illustrator and occasional writer.
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 In 1906 it acquired the Zwickledt school, where Kubin led a withdrawn life up to his death. Kubin is considered as an important representative of expressionism. He created above all quill drawings (partly hand-coloured) and lithographies of dark, spectral, symbolistic force of expression (often assembled into thematic series of drawings). In 1912 he became associated with the Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group.
Like O. Kokoschka and A. P. Guetersloh, Kubin had both artistic and literary talent. His novel Die andere Seite (English The Other Side), 1909, and his illustrations of literary works (E. A. Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, F. M. Dostoyevsky and others) demonstrate his diverse talents. Die andere Seite is an apocalyptic fantasyFor other definitions of fantasy see Fantasy (psychology). In literature, fantasy is a form of fiction, usually novels or short stories, though fantasy role-playing games comic books and movies are also popular. In its broadest sense, "Fantasy Fiction" co with an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of later writings of Kafka's, such as The Castle and The Trial.
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; and Daemonen and night faces, 1959 ( autobiographyFor the album by Ashlee Simpson, see Autobiography (album In a sense, autobiography is a form of biography, the writing of a life story. The difference, of course, is point of view: an autobiography is from the viewpoint of its subject. Biographers genera).
Kubin was awarded the Great Austrian State Prize in 1951, and the Austrian decoration for science and art in 1957.
See also Sean Kubin 1982-2004-?