“Of all of the contemporary draftsmen, I admire you the most,” wrote Alfred Kubin to Lyonel Feininger on 25 November 1912. An exchange of drawings between the two formed the prelude to a frenetic correspondence that accompanied their brief but intense friendship.
The Albertina commemorates this surprising and fascinating connection with a remarkable exhibition that traces the friendship between these two supposedly disparate artistic personalities on the basis of around 100 paintings and graphic works. It will also be the first-ever showing of the works that Feininger and Kubin exchanged with each other, and the accompanying catalogue will present the written correspondence in which the two artists came together as “kindred spirits.”
This exhibition, conceived together with the exhibition event Internationale Tage in Ingelheim, Germany, and curated by Dr. Ulrich Luckhardt, presents treasures by Kubin from the outstanding holdings of the Albertina as well as numerous rare loan works from private collections.
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On the Town Wall (1911), Lyonel Feininger. Albertina, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
Every Night We Are Haunted by a Dream (1900-03), Alfred Kubin. Albertina, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
Tall Man (1909), Lyonel Feininger. Courtesy Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
The Locomotive with the Big Wheel (1910), Lyonel Feininger. Albertina, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
Idol (c. 1903), Alfred Kubin. Albertina, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
The Promenade (1912), Lyonel Feininger. Private Collection © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2015
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