Kubins, Alfred

(4/10/1877 Leitmeritz-8/20/ 1959 Schloss Zwickelt) (Austria); aka Kubin, Alfred

   Painter, graphic artist, writer, and illustrator. Studied at the Munich Art Academy under Schmid-Reutte. Works with an erotic element, mostly S-M imagery, were created early in his career. His seeming pre-occupation with the misery and suffering of humanity determined that the sexuality depicted is never a simple pleasurable activity.

   Reproductions: Adoration; 1901-1902; Neret, 1994: p. 578 . Death leap; 1901-1902; Neret, 1994: p. 579 [C]. Lubricity; 1901-1902; Neret, 1994: pp. 580-581 [C]. Spider [copulating couple and flying genitalia on a web]; Neret 1993: p. 124 [C].

   Source: Benezit, vol. 8: pp. 124-126; DoA vol. 18: pp. 490-491; Wolfgang K. Muller-Thalheim, Erotik undDa-monie im Werk Alfred Kubins: eine psychopathologische Studie (Munich: Nymphen-Burger, 1970); ThB XXII 1928: p. 34.