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Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art.  
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|caption = Hilma af Klint in her studio at Hamngatan 5, Stockholm, c1895. Photographer unknown.
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|birth_place = Castle Karlberg, Solna, near Stockholm, Sweden
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'''Hilma af Klint''' (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art.  
  
Hilma af Klint (*October 26, 1862, at Castle Karlberg in Solna, near Stockholm,
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She attended the Technical school [Tekniska Skolan] in Stockholm in 1880, and took classes in portrait painting taught by Kerstin Cardon. From 1882 to 1887 she studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts [Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna] in Stockholm and graduated with top grades. From the late 1880s on she worked in a studio of her own, which was provided to her and two other female artists by the art academy. In 1896 she and four friends founded a spiritualist all-female group called [[The Five]] or The Friday Group, and together they held séances. Around the turn of the century she was employed at a veterinary school, doing drawings. In 1908 she met Rudolf Steiner, who later founded anthroposophy. In 1920 she joined the Theosophical Society and traveled for the first time, to Dornach in Switzerland, where she met Steiner once again. Between 1921 and 1930 she spent increasingly longer periods of time in Dornach, engaged in an intensive study of anthroposophy, and attended Steiner’s lectures.
Sweden; † October 21, 1944, in Djursholm, Sweden) attended the Tekniska Skolan  
 
(Technical school) in Stockholm in 1880, and took classes in portrait painting  
 
taught by Kerstin Cardon. From 1882 to 1887 she studied at the Königliche Akademie der Schönen Künste (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) and graduated with top  
 
grades. From the late 1880s on she worked in a studio of her own, which was  
 
provided to her and two other female artists by the art academy. In 1896 she  
 
and four friends founded a spiritualist group called [[The Five]], and together they  
 
held séances. Around the turn of the century she was employed at a veterinary  
 
school, doing drawings. In 1908 she met Rudolf Steiner, who later founded anthroposophy. In 1920 she joined the Theosophical Society and traveled for the first  
 
time, to Dornach in Switzerland, where she met Steiner once again. Between  
 
1921 and 1930 she spent increasingly longer periods of time in Dornach, engaged  
 
in an intensive study of anthroposophy, and attended Steiner’s lectures.
 
  
; Literature
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==Works==
* Iris Müller-Westermann, Jo Widoff (eds.), ''Hilma af Klint. A Pioneer of Abstraction'', Hatje Cantz, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7757-3489-9. [http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.php?cmd=detail&titzif=00003489&lang=en]
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<gallery>
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Hilma_af_Klint_1907_The_Ten_Largest_No_3_Youth_Group_IV.jpg|''The Ten Largest, No. 3, Youth, Group IV'', 1907
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Hilma_af_Klint_1908_The_Seven_Pointed_Star_No_2_Group_V_The_WUS-Seven-Pointed_Star_Series.jpg|''The Seven- Pointed Star, No. 2, Group V, The WUS/Seven-Pointed Star Series'', 1908
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Hilma_af_Klint_1915_The_Swan_No_17_Group_IX-SUW_The_SUW-UW_Series.jpg|''The Swan, No. 17, Group IX/SUW, The SUW/UW Series'', 1915
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Hilma_af_Klint_1920_No_3c_The_Mohammedan_Standpoint_Series_II.jpg|''No. 3c. The Mohammedan Standpoint, Series II'', 1920
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</gallery>
  
; External links
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; Sources
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* [http://www.art.ucla.edu/photography/downloads/NOC_W5_3Hilma_af_Klint.pdf 45 works]
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* [http://www.axsonjohnsonfoundation.org/content/pdf/Hilma-af-Klint.pdf Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction], brochure, Stockholm: Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, 2013.
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* [http://scribd.com/doc/135620752/Hilma-Af-Klint 4 works]
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==Literature==
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* ''Hilma af Klint. A Pioneer of Abstraction'', eds. Iris Müller-Westermann and Jo Widoff, Hatje Cantz, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7757-3489-9. [http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.php?cmd=detail&titzif=00003489&lang=en]
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* ''The Legacy of Hilma af Klint: Nine Contemporary Responses'', eds. & intro. Daniel Birnbaum and Ann-Sofi Noring, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, and London: Koenig Books, 2013, 113 pp. A complement to the Venice Biennale; with essays and images by Cecilia Edefalk, Karl Holmqvist, Eva Löfdahl, Helen Mirra, Rebecca Quaytman, Amy Sillman, Fredrik Söderberg, Sophie Tottie, and Christine Ödlund. [http://worldcat.org/oclc/847627824] {{en}}
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==Links==
 
* [http://hilmaafklint.modernamuseet.se Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction], at Moderna Museet.  
 
* [http://hilmaafklint.modernamuseet.se Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction], at Moderna Museet.  
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ew3SQiFGR0 Hilma af Klint - Abstrakt pionjär], video, 22 min.
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ew3SQiFGR0 Hilma af Klint - Abstrakt pionjär], video, 22 min.
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2006/mar/14/2 Article in ''The Guardian''] by Adrian Searle, 2006.
 
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2006/mar/14/2 Article in ''The Guardian''] by Adrian Searle, 2006.
 
* [http://metropolism.com/reviews/the-secret-painter/english Article in ''Metropolis M''] by Jenny Wilson, 2010.
 
* [http://metropolism.com/reviews/the-secret-painter/english Article in ''Metropolis M''] by Jenny Wilson, 2010.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint Klint at Wikipedia]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint Wikipedia]

Revision as of 12:46, 18 January 2018


Hilma af Klint in her studio at Hamngatan 5, Stockholm, c1895. Photographer unknown.
Born October 26, 1862(1862-10-26)
Castle Karlberg, Solna, near Stockholm, Sweden
Died October 21, 1944(1944-10-21) (aged 81)
Djursholm, Sweden

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art.

She attended the Technical school [Tekniska Skolan] in Stockholm in 1880, and took classes in portrait painting taught by Kerstin Cardon. From 1882 to 1887 she studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts [Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna] in Stockholm and graduated with top grades. From the late 1880s on she worked in a studio of her own, which was provided to her and two other female artists by the art academy. In 1896 she and four friends founded a spiritualist all-female group called The Five or The Friday Group, and together they held séances. Around the turn of the century she was employed at a veterinary school, doing drawings. In 1908 she met Rudolf Steiner, who later founded anthroposophy. In 1920 she joined the Theosophical Society and traveled for the first time, to Dornach in Switzerland, where she met Steiner once again. Between 1921 and 1930 she spent increasingly longer periods of time in Dornach, engaged in an intensive study of anthroposophy, and attended Steiner’s lectures.

Works

Sources

Literature

  • Hilma af Klint. A Pioneer of Abstraction, eds. Iris Müller-Westermann and Jo Widoff, Hatje Cantz, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7757-3489-9. [1]
  • The Legacy of Hilma af Klint: Nine Contemporary Responses, eds. & intro. Daniel Birnbaum and Ann-Sofi Noring, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, and London: Koenig Books, 2013, 113 pp. A complement to the Venice Biennale; with essays and images by Cecilia Edefalk, Karl Holmqvist, Eva Löfdahl, Helen Mirra, Rebecca Quaytman, Amy Sillman, Fredrik Söderberg, Sophie Tottie, and Christine Ödlund. [2] (English)

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