Name: Hilma af Klint: The Five’S Sketchbooks, Nos. S2, s6 and S13: From 5 October 1896 to 10 January 1906
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Author: Hilma af Klint
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Hilma af Klint: The Five’S Sketchbooks, Nos. S2, s6 and S13: From 5 October 1896 to 10 January 1906

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hilma af Klint

Publisher

Bokforlaget Stolpe

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

108

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

31.2 x 26.9 x 1.5 cm

Weight

1.13 kg.

ISBN13

9789189425415

Synopsis "Hilma af Klint: The Five’S Sketchbooks, Nos. S2, s6 and S13: From 5 October 1896 to 10 January 1906 "

A three-volume slipcased facsimile of sketchbooks from Hilma af Klint and her Spiritualist circleHilma af Klint (1862-1944) was a pioneer of modern abstract art who turned away from the visible, physical world to embrace a spiritual reality in both her life and work. In 1896, together with Anna Cassel (1860-1937), Cornelia Cederberg (1854-1933), Sigrid Hedman (1855-1922) and Mathilda Nilsson (1844-1923), af Klint left the Edelweiss Society--a group which combined Christian concepts with ideas of Theosophy and Spiritualism--and established The Five. The all-female group, which met every Friday in Stockholm to practice group meditations and séances, believed they could channel mystic beings whom they called the High Masters, with names such as Amaliel, Ananda and Gregor. In trancelike states, the women transcribed the messages from these High Masters via automatic writings and drawings into a series of shared sketchbooks, resulting in a kaleidoscope of collective and raw work that is firmly rooted in the spiritual realm.Over the course of the group's existence, up until 1908, they filled 15 such sketchbooks, three of which have been reproduced in facsimile form for the first time and are presented in this sumptuous slipcased edition. The set includes sketchbook nos. 2, 6 and 13, dating from October 1896 to January 1906, and provides a rare look into the early influential years of af Klint's artistic and spiritual practice.

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Hilma af Klint (Solna, Sweden, October 26, 1862 - Danderyd, Sweden, October 21, 1944) was a Swedish painter recognized as a pioneer of abstract art. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, where she specialized in naturalist painting. However, her interest in esotericism and spiritualism led her to develop an abstract artistic language from 1906, ahead of contemporaries like Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian.

Among her most notable works are the series "The Ten Largest" (1907), "The Swan" (1915), and "The Paintings for the Temple" (1906-1915). Her work remained unpublished until 1986, as per her wish that it not be exhibited until at least 20 years after her death, considering that her time was not prepared to understand it. Although she received no awards in her lifetime, her legacy has been the subject of major posthumous exhibitions, such as the one organized by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in 2024.

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