Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877 - August 20, 1959) was an Austrian expressionist illustrator and occasional writer of Czech ancestry. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

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 In 1906, it acquired the Zwickledt school, where Kubin led a withdrawn life up to his death.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 an important representative of expressionism. He mostly created quill drawings (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 (English: Blue Rider) group. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... This article discusses the quill pen. ... Drawing is one of many ways to making an image; it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. ... Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of expressionist artists that was established in Munich in 1911. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Like Oskar Kokoschka and A. P. Guetersloh, Kubin had both artistic and literary talent. His novel Die Andere Seite (The Other Side) (1909), and his illustrations of literary works by Edgar Allen Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, F. M. Dostoyevsky and others, demonstrate his diverse talents. Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. ... Albert Paris Gütersloh, portrait by Egon Schiele, 1918. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809–October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. ... ETA Hoffman Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 - June 25, 1822), was a German romantic and fantasy author and composer. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

Die Andere Seite is an apocalyptic/dystopic fantasy with an atmosphere of claustrophobic absurdity reminiscent of the later writings of Kafka. For other uses, see Apocalypse (disambiguation). ... A dystopia (alternatively, cacotopia, kakotopia or anti-utopia) is the antithesis of a utopian society. ... For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that involves the fear of enclosed or confined spaces. ... Franz Kafka approximately 1917 Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 in Prague - June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. ...

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. See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1938 in literature, other events of 1939, 1940 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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.

See also

• List of Austrian artists and architects
• List of Austrians

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External links

• Dedication Page
• Water Spirit- Oil painting