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'''Hilma af Klint''', (October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art. A considerable body of her abstract work predates the first purely abstract compositions by [[Wassily Kandinsky|Kandinsky]]. | '''Hilma af Klint''', (October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art. A considerable body of her abstract work predates the first purely abstract compositions by [[Wassily Kandinsky|Kandinsky]]. | ||
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Hilma af Klint, (October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were amongst the first abstract art. A considerable body of her abstract work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky.
Her art had a Theosophical influence. By the late 1870s she began to participate in séances, and soon developed an interest in Theosophy and the occult, as would be the case of Mondrian and Kandinsky some years later.
Additional resources
- Seven articles about Hilma af Klint are listed in the Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals.
- "Art and About: Hilma af Klint".
- Bax, Marty. "Hilma and the Enigmatic Mathilde N." Bax Art Concepts & Services blog. October 4, 2013. Available at Baxpress.blogspot. Viewed October 21, 2016.
- Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen at the Serpentine by Louisa Buck for The Telegraph.