The Fugitive by Alfred Kubin

Art work details

Original Title :

Der Flüchtling

Year of production :

1915

Artist:

Alfred Kubin

Medium :

Original print, Lithograph

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Dimensions :

height: 40.0 cms; width: 45.0 cms

Credit Line :

Purchased from Mrs Margaret Fisher

Copyright :

© Eberhard Spangenberg / DACS, 2013.

Associated Groups :

Der Blaue Reiter

Tags:

Lithograph, World War I, Kubin

Kubin produced this work possibly in response to the horrors of the First World War and its devastating consequences for thousands of young men. A struggling man is restrained by others whilst an excited barking dog looks on. A distant figure holding a knife runs toward the group, a sinister sign suggesting a terrible event is about to take place.