Karl Hübner

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Karl Hübner was a Saxon painter and graphic artist. Hübner left a significant mark on the Brașov art scene, where he lived and worked for most of his life. His studies in Berlin marked the painterly style of his youth, being particularly influenced by the sobriety of the New Objectivity movement. He thus departed from both the postimpressionist and the avantgarde spirits of interwar Romania. However, during the 1960s, a time of relative liberalization to communist cultural policy in Romania, Hübner renewed his painting with a new impulse towards cubist and futurist inspirations. Vivid colors mark his work throughout the ages, with strong and impressive contrasts as well as skillful plays of shadow and light. Hübner’s works are part of important private and public collections across Romania including the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu and the National Art Museum in Brasov. In 2012, he was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the National Art Museum in Brașov, showing 40 of his paintings and graphic works.