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Alfred Kubin : Confessions of a tortured soul

16 april - 24 july 2022 

leopold museum

leopoldmuseum.org

The art of the great draftsman, illustrator and author of the novel The Other Side, Alfred Kubin, appears more current today than ever before: for it was violence, wartime destruction, pandemics, natural disasters, the manipulation of the masses and other abysses of human existence that pervaded his highly narrational works. The oeuvre of this fantastical creator confronts us with pessimistic visions which – to quote Schopenhauer – delineate “the worst of all possible worlds”... [continue reading]



Der beste Arzt, um 1901




Die Dame auf dem Pferd, um 1900-01




ALFRED KUBIN, Die Orchidee, 1902-03




Jede Nacht besucht uns ein Traum, um 1902-03




Untergang, 1903