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Alfred Kubin

Alfred Kubin - Untitled (The Eternal Flame) (Ohne Titel [Die ewige Flamme]) - (c. 1900). Watercolor and ink on paper, 13 x 10 3/4" (33 x 27.3 cm). John S. Newberry Collection. Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) - New York Alfred Kubin - On the Tower Stairs (Auf der Turmtreppe) - (n.d.). Pencil and ink on paper, 7 3/4 x 6 1/8" (19.7 x 15.6 cm). John S. Newberry Fund. Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) - New YorkAustrian draughtsman, illustrator, painter and writer, Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), had a taste for the morbid that was much influenced by the French Symbolist, Odilon Redon--as well as by German folklore and myths. Kubin made important contributions to both Symbolism and Expressionism--best known for his “dark, spectral fantasies” and taste for the morbid. Visit Artcyclopedia to find links to online collections that you can view. 

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