Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), a vegan (she did not eat meat, fish, or eggs). Between 1906 and 1915, Hilma painted 193 paintings, many very large 240 x 320 cm (approx. 8 x 10.5 feet). She produced dozens of narrative series that included dozens of paintings. Hilma kept detailed records of her works. She left detailed sketches and intricate stories in her journals, documenting each painting and series. To her, an image was not just "art," but each one examined and explained a particular idea or theory.
In 1887, Hilma graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, as a traditional landscape, portrait, and botanical painter. At this time, it was acceptable for an unmarried woman to make a living painting portraits so as not to be a financial burden on her parents or siblings.
Hilma studied mathematics, science, music and was interested in spiritualism, and she conducted seances with four other female artists, "the Five" (de Fem). Seances at the time were accepted by society.
Symbols dominate Hilma's work like spirals (evolution), U (the spiritual world), W (matter), and overlapping discs (unity). Yellow and roses (pleasingly) stood for masculinity. Blue and lilacs meant femininity.
Wednesday, July 25, 1928, Hilma exhibited her work in London, England. Did Josef Albers, Paul Klee, Cy Twombly, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian know of Hilma af Klint and her art? Her work pre-dates their similar pieces.
Hilma died penniless after an accident involving a vehicle. She left her enormous body of work, including stacks of journals and detailed records of her art, to her nephew, Erik af Klint (1901–1981). Her nephew was Vice-Admiral Erik Viktor Philip Gustafsson af Klint was a Swedish Navy naval officer.
Johan af Klint, Hilma's great-nephew, Erik's son, said, "He [his father] was an admiral of the fleet. He tried to understand Hilma's interests – but shook his head." The Vice-Admiral emptied his Aunt Hilma's studio, which was built on rented land, at record speed: "He built wooden crates and rolled everything up ~1,000 or more paintings." and stored everything in his attic.
In 1986, forty-two years after Hilma af Klint's death, "The Spiritual in Art" show held in Los Angeles, California, was the first to display her art. It took another 25+ years for her work to be fully appreciated and widely exhibited.
Contributor: Asters (50667497)
In 1887, Hilma graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, as a traditional landscape, portrait, and botanical painter. At this time, it was acceptable for an unmarried woman to make a living painting portraits so as not to be a financial burden on her parents or siblings.
Hilma studied mathematics, science, music and was interested in spiritualism, and she conducted seances with four other female artists, "the Five" (de Fem). Seances at the time were accepted by society.
Symbols dominate Hilma's work like spirals (evolution), U (the spiritual world), W (matter), and overlapping discs (unity). Yellow and roses (pleasingly) stood for masculinity. Blue and lilacs meant femininity.
Wednesday, July 25, 1928, Hilma exhibited her work in London, England. Did Josef Albers, Paul Klee, Cy Twombly, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian know of Hilma af Klint and her art? Her work pre-dates their similar pieces.
Hilma died penniless after an accident involving a vehicle. She left her enormous body of work, including stacks of journals and detailed records of her art, to her nephew, Erik af Klint (1901–1981). Her nephew was Vice-Admiral Erik Viktor Philip Gustafsson af Klint was a Swedish Navy naval officer.
Johan af Klint, Hilma's great-nephew, Erik's son, said, "He [his father] was an admiral of the fleet. He tried to understand Hilma's interests – but shook his head." The Vice-Admiral emptied his Aunt Hilma's studio, which was built on rented land, at record speed: "He built wooden crates and rolled everything up ~1,000 or more paintings." and stored everything in his attic.
In 1986, forty-two years after Hilma af Klint's death, "The Spiritual in Art" show held in Los Angeles, California, was the first to display her art. It took another 25+ years for her work to be fully appreciated and widely exhibited.
Contributor: Asters (50667497)
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), a vegan (she did not eat meat, fish, or eggs). Between 1906 and 1915, Hilma painted 193 paintings, many very large 240 x 320 cm (approx. 8 x 10.5 feet). She produced dozens of narrative series that included dozens of paintings. Hilma kept detailed records of her works. She left detailed sketches and intricate stories in her journals, documenting each painting and series. To her, an image was not just "art," but each one examined and explained a particular idea or theory.
In 1887, Hilma graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, as a traditional landscape, portrait, and botanical painter. At this time, it was acceptable for an unmarried woman to make a living painting portraits so as not to be a financial burden on her parents or siblings.
Hilma studied mathematics, science, music and was interested in spiritualism, and she conducted seances with four other female artists, "the Five" (de Fem). Seances at the time were accepted by society.
Symbols dominate Hilma's work like spirals (evolution), U (the spiritual world), W (matter), and overlapping discs (unity). Yellow and roses (pleasingly) stood for masculinity. Blue and lilacs meant femininity.
Wednesday, July 25, 1928, Hilma exhibited her work in London, England. Did Josef Albers, Paul Klee, Cy Twombly, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian know of Hilma af Klint and her art? Her work pre-dates their similar pieces.
Hilma died penniless after an accident involving a vehicle. She left her enormous body of work, including stacks of journals and detailed records of her art, to her nephew, Erik af Klint (1901–1981). Her nephew was Vice-Admiral Erik Viktor Philip Gustafsson af Klint was a Swedish Navy naval officer.
Johan af Klint, Hilma's great-nephew, Erik's son, said, "He [his father] was an admiral of the fleet. He tried to understand Hilma's interests – but shook his head." The Vice-Admiral emptied his Aunt Hilma's studio, which was built on rented land, at record speed: "He built wooden crates and rolled everything up ~1,000 or more paintings." and stored everything in his attic.
In 1986, forty-two years after Hilma af Klint's death, "The Spiritual in Art" show held in Los Angeles, California, was the first to display her art. It took another 25+ years for her work to be fully appreciated and widely exhibited.
Contributor: Asters (50667497)
In 1887, Hilma graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, as a traditional landscape, portrait, and botanical painter. At this time, it was acceptable for an unmarried woman to make a living painting portraits so as not to be a financial burden on her parents or siblings.
Hilma studied mathematics, science, music and was interested in spiritualism, and she conducted seances with four other female artists, "the Five" (de Fem). Seances at the time were accepted by society.
Symbols dominate Hilma's work like spirals (evolution), U (the spiritual world), W (matter), and overlapping discs (unity). Yellow and roses (pleasingly) stood for masculinity. Blue and lilacs meant femininity.
Wednesday, July 25, 1928, Hilma exhibited her work in London, England. Did Josef Albers, Paul Klee, Cy Twombly, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian know of Hilma af Klint and her art? Her work pre-dates their similar pieces.
Hilma died penniless after an accident involving a vehicle. She left her enormous body of work, including stacks of journals and detailed records of her art, to her nephew, Erik af Klint (1901–1981). Her nephew was Vice-Admiral Erik Viktor Philip Gustafsson af Klint was a Swedish Navy naval officer.
Johan af Klint, Hilma's great-nephew, Erik's son, said, "He [his father] was an admiral of the fleet. He tried to understand Hilma's interests – but shook his head." The Vice-Admiral emptied his Aunt Hilma's studio, which was built on rented land, at record speed: "He built wooden crates and rolled everything up ~1,000 or more paintings." and stored everything in his attic.
In 1986, forty-two years after Hilma af Klint's death, "The Spiritual in Art" show held in Los Angeles, California, was the first to display her art. It took another 25+ years for her work to be fully appreciated and widely exhibited.
Contributor: Asters (50667497)
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