Hilma af Klint

1862–1944 · Abstraction, years before the men who claimed it

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The short version

Af Klint painted vast non-objective canvases from 1906, guided by spiritualist practice, then sealed them for twenty years after her death. Art history is still rewriting its first chapter.

Key works

No image yetThe Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood

The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood

1907

Three metres of orange, spirals and botanical script.

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