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In this thorough critical appraisal, 16 specialists on modern art, art history, philosophy and religious studies examine the unique art, the cultural circumstances and art-historical positioning of Swedish abstractionist Hilma af Klint. Topics explored here range from early abstract art and the impact of Darwinism to Goethe's color theory, as well as the importance of occult religious movements such as theosophy and anthroposophy that influenced the early modernists, and discussions of af Klint's own personal diary notes and research. The book is based on the seminars that were held in conjunction with the exhibition "Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction" in 2013. This extremely successful exhibition attracted a record number of visitors to the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, after which it continued to the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.

Art, Swedish --- Swedish art --- Klint, Hilma af, --- Af Klint, Hilma, --- Influence --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Art --- Abstract [fine arts style] --- abstracte kunst --- Klint, Hilma A.F. --- #breakthecanon --- 75.07 --- Klint, Hilma af 1862-1944 (°Solna, Zweden) --- Vrouwelijke kunstenaars --- Abstracte schilderkunst ; biomorfisme --- Thema's in de kunst : mystiek en spiritualiteit --- Kunst en esoterie ; het occulte --- Antroposofie --- Theosofie --- Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z --- af Klint, Hilma --- Abstract [modern European style]

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At the turn of the twentieth century, the spiritual and social movements Theosophy and later Anthroposophy became a strong source of inspiration for the pioneers of modernism and abstract art: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich - and Hilma af Klint. In 1906, the Swedish artist began painting her first abstract series, Primordial Chaos, featuring blue, green and yellow geometrical shapes and spirals. Her main work, Paintings for the Temple, expresses what she calls the higher truth: unity beyond duality and the material world and mankind's spiritual evolution. What was the zeitgeist that inspired such an eruption in art? This anthology, based on a seminar held at the Guggenheim museum at the opening of the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future in October 2018, elaborates on this cultural phenomenon. Kurt Almqvist is President of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit, where Louise Belfrage is a project manager. Daniel Birnbaum is the fomer Director of the Moderna Museet. Julia Voss is a Fellow at Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute of Advanced Studies. Tracey Bashkoff is Senior Curator, Collections and Exhibitions, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim.

Painting, Swedish --- Women artists --- Femmes peintres --- Mysticism and art. --- Mystique et art. --- Spirituality in art. --- Art et religion. --- Klint, Hilma af,