School of Hilma af Klint (Swedish 1862-1944): Abstract Composition. Mixed media, signed lower right. framed.

Hilma af Klint was one of, if not the, earliest abstract painters. Stemming from her younger sister’s death in 1880, Klint had a lifelong interest in spirituality and mysticism, a reoccurring theme in her work. In particular, Klint was inspired by the Theosophical Movement, an occultist form of thinking that draws on ideas from older European philosophies and Asian religions that believed in “High Mastersâ€, deceased, enlightened spirits who were to revive an ancient mystical religion that would eclipse all other religions. From early in her career, Klint alleged that her set of Temple Paintings, a suite of 193 paintings painted between 1906 and 1915 that were inspired by a conversation with a “High Masterâ€, was made with intervention with these spirits. However, once these paintings were completed, the spirits no longer intervened in her art and the roots of her abstract expressionist career began.

This piece is characterized by ideas in which grounded Klint’s work: symmetry as a response to the reciprocities seen in the world and the color red representing spiritual love.
18 x 14" : 20.75 x 16.5" (framed)

Very good condition.
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