Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint(1862-1944)
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist whose paintings were among the first abstract art.
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm, where she learned portraiture and landscape painting. She was admitted at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at the age of twenty.
She later belonged to a group called "The Five", a circle of women who shared her belief in the importance of trying to make contact with the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.
In her will, Hilma af Klint left all her abstract paintings to her nephew, a vice-admiral in the Swedish Royal Navy. She specified that her work should be kept secret for at least 20 years after her death.
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Stockholm, where she learned portraiture and landscape painting. She was admitted at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at the age of twenty.
She later belonged to a group called "The Five", a circle of women who shared her belief in the importance of trying to make contact with the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.
In her will, Hilma af Klint left all her abstract paintings to her nephew, a vice-admiral in the Swedish Royal Navy. She specified that her work should be kept secret for at least 20 years after her death.
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