Hilma af Klint

(Swedish, 1862–1944)

Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist known for her large-scale abstract paintings and botanical drawings. Her works combined many aspects of scientific illustration, geometry, and color theory, as evident in The Ten Largest (1907), a 10-canvas series representing the cycle of life. Like most abstract artists at the time, many of her works were inspired by Spiritism and Theosophy, although she was not part of the larger movement that consisted of Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian. Throughout her lifetime, women in many fields turned to spiritualism as a way to overcome gender conventions, and in the beginning of 1896, af Klint formed a group, De Fem (The Five), and held spiritual meetings and séances. Born in Sweden in 1862 into a middle-class family, she studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and was trained in classical drawing and painting techniques. Af Klint’s landscape and portraiture work were rarely exhibited. She never shared her abstract work to her contemporaries, and wanted them hidden from the world until society was ready for it. She died in the fall of 1944, leaving behind 1,300 non-figurative works that have never been shown. The artist specified in her will that the work be kept secret for at least 20 years after her death and never be split up. In 2019, the Guggenheim held a survey of the artist’s work titled Hilma af Klint: Paintings of the Future.

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Group VI, no 15. Evolution Series WUS, Seven , 2018

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Group VI, no 15. Evolution Series WUS, Seven , 2018

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Fiery Flames (Eldslågor), 1930

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Fiery Flames (Eldslågor), 1930

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Group VII, serie US, no 7

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Group VII, serie US, no 7

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Group IV, no 5. The Ten Largest, 2018

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Group IV, no 5. The Ten Largest, 2018

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Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven Pointed Star

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Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven Pointed Star

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Group VI, no 15. Evolution Series WUS, Seven , 2018

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Group VI, no 15. Evolution Series WUS, Seven , 2018

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Portrait of Viktor Almquist

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Portrait of Viktor Almquist

Sale Date: June 12, 2024

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"Sotarpojkar Stigberget", 1890

Sale Date: June 12, 2024

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Landscape with Swans and Flowers

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Landscape with Swans and Flowers

Sale Date: June 12, 2024

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A carpet 'Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven...

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A carpet 'Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven...

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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A carpet 'Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven...

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A carpet 'Group V, no 2. Series WUS, Seven...

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Summer day at Adelsö Church

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Summer day at Adelsö Church

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Matta, Group V, No 2 Series WUS, Seven Pointed...

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Matta, Group V, No 2 Series WUS, Seven Pointed...

Sale Date: November 13, 2023

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A carpet ''Group IV, no 4. The Ten Largest youth''

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A carpet ''Group IV, no 4. The Ten Largest youth''

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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A carpet ''Group IV, no 4. The Ten Largest youth''

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A carpet ''Group IV, no 4. The Ten Largest youth''

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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"Morgon" (Morning)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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The Ten Largets youth'' 7/10, handtuftad, 2019

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The Ten Largets youth'' 7/10, handtuftad, 2019

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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a carpet, 'Group V, no 2, Series WUS, Seven...

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a carpet, 'Group V, no 2, Series WUS, Seven...

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Group V, No 2

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Group V, No 2

Sale Date: May 18, 2022

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a carpet,

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a carpet, "Group VI, no 15, Series WUS, Seven...

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Group III, no 5, The Large Figure Paintings, 2019

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Group III, no 5, The Large Figure Paintings, 2019

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Winter scene from Kungsträdgården in Stockholm

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Winter scene from Kungsträdgården in Stockholm

Sale Date: June 3, 2021

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a carpet,

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a carpet, "Group III, no 5, The Large Figure...

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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Summer Landscape

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Summer Landscape

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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