Series VIII. Picture of the Starting Point

Item

Title
Series VIII. Picture of the Starting Point
Description
When Hilma af Klint began creating radically abstract paintings in 1906, they were like little that had been seen before: bold, colorful, and untethered from any recognizable references to the physical world. It was years before Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and others would take similar strides to rid their own artwork of representational content. Yet while many of her better-known contemporaries published manifestos and exhibited widely, af Klint kept her groundbreaking paintings largely private. She rarely exhibited them and, convinced the world was not yet ready to understand her work, stipulated that it not be shown for twenty years following her death. Ultimately, her work was all but unseen until 1986, and only over the subsequent three decades have her paintings and works on paper begun to receive serious attention.
Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future
Identifier
HaK537
Creator
Klint, Hilma af
Date
1920
Format
19.6 x 11.8 in (50 x 30 cm)
Rights
© Hilma af Klint Foundation
Rights Holder
Hilma af Klint Foundation