Symbolist artist Alfred Kubin reminisces about his extraordinary life, from his troubled youth and mental breakdown to his rebirth as an artist of world renown. This edition is the only English-language version of the Austrian artist's autobiography, and its numerous examples of Kubin's drawings include grotesques from his "Dance of Death" sequence and illustrations from his fantastical novel The Other Side. AUTHOR: Renowned as one of the all-time finest illustrators of fantastic themes, Austrian artist Alfred Kubin (1877?1959) illustrated more than 70 books, including the works of Dostoyevsky and Poe as well as his own fiction. Kubin came of age under the influence of the Symbolists' preoccupation with decadent subjects, and his Expressionistic drawings range from spooky to sexy to comical.
