Kubišta's Epileptická žena [Epileptic Woman] (1912), which explores the subject of extreme physiological states, can be seen as the embodiment of emotional tension. Her facial expression is reminiscent of a medium. In this way, Kubišta combined two of his favourite sources of inspiration: The novels of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky and the spiritualist séances he attended.
EPILEPTIC WOMAN, 1911
THE HANGED MAN, 1915
b. 1884 in Vlčkovice near Hradec Králové, Kingdom of Bohemia
d. 1918 in Prague