Biography

1877	Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin was born in Bohemia in the town of Litoměřice, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father: Friedrich Franz Kubin, geometer (1848-1907). Mother: Johanna (Jenny) Kletzl, pianist (1847-1887)
1879	Kubin family moves to Salzburg, until 1882
1882	Kubin family moves to Zell am See
1887	Gymnasium in Salzburg (until 1888) 8th May: Alfred’s mother dies
1888	Gemeindeschule in Zell am See (until 1891)
1891	Staatsgewerbeschule in Salzburg (until 1892)
1892	Apprentices to the landscape photographer Alois Beer,
1896	Attempts suicide on his mother's grave
1897	Short service in the Austrian army, followed by a nervous breakdown
1898	(Spring) München Artistic studies at the private academy of the painter Ludwig Schmitt-Reutte
1900	Acquaintance with Dauthendey aun Von Weber
1902	Exhibition by Bruno Cassirer in Berlin
1903	Issue of the Weber Mappe. Travel in the Balkans 1st December: Death of Alfred’s betrothed Emmy Bayer
1904	February:  meeting with Max Klinger March: Marriage with Hedwig Gründler Wien
1905	Fall: South France – Italy Winter: Paris, meeting with Odilon Redon. In München Alfred discovers the works of Edvard Munch, James Ensor, Henry de Groux and Félicien Rops.
1906	Moving from München to Zwickledt
1907	Bosnia and Dalmatia 2nd November: death of his Father
1908	North Italy (Venezia) Fall: first writing of “Die andere Seite”
1909	Issue of  “Die andere Seite” Travel in the Balkans mit Karl Wolfskehl Foundation of Neue Künstlervereinigung München (N.K.V.M.) with Starts friendship with Franz Marc
1910	Starts frienship with Hans Carossa un Paul Klee
1911	Prag – Joining with the “Blaue Reiter” group
1912	First drawing for “Simplizissimus” Starts correspondence with Lyonel Feininger
1913	First drawing for “Simplizissimus” Exhibition with the “Blaue Reiter” group in the Galerie “Der Sturm” in Berlin After this time, he lost contact with the artistic avant-garde
1914	January – Colmar, Paris
1916	“Buddhist crisis”
1921	First collective exhibition by Goltz in München
1922	One week with Wolfgang Gurlitt in Berlin
1923	Karlsruhe, visits Hans Toma
1924	Schweiz, visits Ludwig Klages in Kilchberg
1926	Exhibition in Hamburg, Galerie Hans Götz Foundation of Kubin-Archivs in Hamburg, with Dr. Kurt Otte
1927	Exhibition in the “Graphische Sammlung der Alte Pinakothek” in München
1929	Onorable member of the Prag Secession Starts correspondence with Ernst Jünger
1930	Exhibition in Hannover
1931	Exhibitions in Hamburg, München, Wien
1932	Exhibition in Bauhaus, Dessau
1933	Starts frienship with Anton Steinhart
1937	60th Birthday - Exhibitions in Wien,  Albertina Visit of Ernst Jünger
1938	Starts correspondence with Horst Lange Exhibitions in München
1938	With the Anschluss of Austria and Nazi Germany, his works are declared “entartete Kunst” or "degenerate art", but Alfred manages to continue working during World War II.
1947	70th Birthday - Exhibitions in Wien,  Albertina
1948	15 August: death of his wife Hedwig
1949	Member of the “Bayerische Akademie der Schöne Künste”
1951	Exhibitions in Wien (Akademie der bildenden Künste) Linz (Neue Galerie – Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum) Österreichischer Staatpreis für bildende Kunst
1952	Ulisse Prize at XXVI Biennale of Venice
1955	International Prize for Drawings at the Biennale of São Paulo
1957	Awarded with Grosses Ehrenzeichnen für Kunst und Wissenschaft der Republik Österreich, Gustav Klimt Plakette der Wiener Secession
1959	20 August.: dies in Zwickledt, aged 82