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Hilma af Klint created abstract art before the first canvases by Kandinsky, becoming a pioneer in devotional, and yet scientific interpretations of nature.
Predominantly abstract, these monumental paintings represent four stages of human development: childhood, youth, adulthood and old age. Botanical references convey her view of humanity’s connection to the natural world. Words invented by the artist, or received from spirits, appear throughout, sometimes as wildly looping text.
Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɪ̂lːma ˈɑːv ˈklɪnːt]; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first abstract works known in Western art history.
When Hilma af Klint began creating abstract paintings in 1906, they were bold, colorful, and untethered from any recognizable references to the physical world.
19 de ago. de 2022 · Hilma af Klint was a pioneer of abstraction. This fascinating female artist turned to abstraction several years before Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944), Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944), and Kazimir Malevich (1878 – 1935).
Adulthood, The Ten Largest, No 5-8, Group IV, 1907. Hilma af Klint. Runtime: 02:07. Narrator: The four paintings with a purple background represent the different phases of adult life. The pink flower that is uppermost in the first of these paintings has five petals.
15 de oct. de 2018 · In af Klint’s case, there’s the further hitch that, on her own terms, she operated outside time. “Group IV, The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood,” from 1907. Photograph by Albin Dahlström ...
