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The art and life of Hilma af Klint / Ylva Hillström ; & [illustrations] Karin Eklund ; [translated from the Swedish by B.J. Epstein]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500653173
  • 0500653178
Other title:
  • Art & life of Hilma af Klint
  • Hilma af Klint
Uniform titles:
  • Hilma af Klint. English
Contained works:
  • Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944. Works. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Hilma af Klimt was born in Sweden in 1862. She would grow up to be an artist, and her life would be filled with magic and mystery. Hilma lived at a time when people were fascinated by what they couldn't see. The invention of the telegraph and telephone made it possible to communicate over long distances, and spiritualists believed it was possible to speak with the dead. When Hilma began to hear the spirits, she found a new purpose for her paintings. For nearly one hundred years her paintings were forgotten, but when they were rediscovered they changed the history of art."-- Front jacket flap.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography KLINT, H. H655 Available 33111010979561
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) began painting her abstract and highly symbolic images as early as 1906, long before Kandinsky and Malevich arrived at what has generally been regarded as the birth of modern abstract art. She was heavily influenced by spiritual ideologies and claimed that she painted on instruction from the spirit world, for the future. Until recently overlooked by art historians, she is now lauded around the world, and was the subject of the highest-attended single exhibition in the Guggenheim's history, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future.

This book is not only about Hilma af Klint's art, but also about the magic that surrounded her. Brimming with quality reproductions of the artist's work and with illustrations by Karin Eklund, it will appeal to all children wanting to learn more about the enchanting life and work of this groundbreaking artist.

First published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Thames & Hudson Ltd, 181A High Holborn, London.

Two pages are folded.

Originally published in Swedish as: Hilma af Klint : kartor över osynligheten. Malmö : Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, ©2020.

"Hilma af Klimt was born in Sweden in 1862. She would grow up to be an artist, and her life would be filled with magic and mystery. Hilma lived at a time when people were fascinated by what they couldn't see. The invention of the telegraph and telephone made it possible to communicate over long distances, and spiritualists believed it was possible to speak with the dead. When Hilma began to hear the spirits, she found a new purpose for her paintings. For nearly one hundred years her paintings were forgotten, but when they were rediscovered they changed the history of art."-- Front jacket flap.

Text in English, translated from the Swedish.

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