Hilma af Klint

1862–1944 · Post-Impressionism

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered to be among the first major abstract works in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. She belonged to a group called "The Five", a circle of women inspired by Theosophy who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the "High Masters", often through séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.

14 paintings

• Portrait
• Portrait
• The Ten Largest, No. 9, Old Age (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 3, Youth (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 4, Youth (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 5, Adulthood (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 6 (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 8, Adulthood (1907)
• The Ten Largest, No. 10, Old Age (1907)
• Tree of Knowledge, No. 1 (1915)
• Tree of Knowledge, No. 2 (1915)