Kubin is irrefutably one of the most original talents of hisgeneration. Whether painting directly from his hallucinatoryvisions or illustrating the works of such literary giants asBalzac, Poe, Dostoevsky, and Gogol, Kubin eschewed thedecorative artistry of earlier Austrian art. Instead, he wasdrawn to life s dark undertones, represented in his workthrough his morbid subject matter and frenetic style. Filledwith horrific yet fully realized imaginings that were eerilyprescient of the era to come, this volume is certain tointroduce Kubin to a wider audience perhaps to an entiregeneration who see in art a way to contend with the upheavaland tribulation of their own time.