Hilma af Klint - Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer

Hilma af Klint: Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer / Lovely 256-page hardcover from Bokförlaget Stolpe in Sweden (text in English) / ISBN 9789189069473 A clothbound volume featuring a foil stamped cover filled with full-color reproductions of the avant-garde abstract painter's work, as well as including a timeline. Available in English for the first time, this is the first comprehensive biography of Hilma af Klint, published in Swedish in 1989, and thoroughly researched with unprecedented access to af Klint's archives. The book covers the life and mystical and occult underpinnings of the work of the pivotal painter. Includes a new preface by acclaimed Swedish poet and philosopher Kurt Almqvist. *** For the first time since its original publication in 1989, Åke Fant’s pioneering account of Hilma af Klint’s life and career is available to read in English. Following her training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and 20 subsequent years of painting, Hilma af Klint (18