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Hilma af Klint

1862 - 1944

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Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɪ̂lːma ˈɑːv ˈklɪnːt]; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first major abstract works in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian. She belonged to a group called "The Five": a circle of women inspired by Theosophy who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilma af Klint is the 130th most popular painter (up from 165th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 68th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Painter.

Hilma af Klint is most famous for her abstract paintings and drawings. She was a Swedish artist who was a pioneer of abstract art.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hilma af Klint ranks 130 out of 2,023. Before her are Annibale Carracci, Pierre Bonnard, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, Gustave Moreau, and Albrecht Altdorfer. After her are Jean Dubuffet, Arnold Böcklin, Zeuxis, André Derain, Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Mark Rothko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Hilma af Klint ranks 9. Before her are Maurice Maeterlinck, David Hilbert, Philipp Lenard, Gerhart Hauptmann, Allvar Gullstrand, and William Henry Bragg. After her are O. Henry, Aristide Briand, Arthur Schnitzler, Joseph Merrick, Niko Pirosmani, and Pyotr Stolypin. Among people deceased in 1944, Hilma af Klint ranks 14. Before her are Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, Charles Glover Barkla, Abdulmejid II, Günther von Kluge, and Richard Sorge. After her are Reza Shah, Bertha Benz, Lou Henry Hoover, Alexis Carrel, Ludwig Beck, and Thomas Midgley Jr..

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hilma af Klint ranks 56 out of 1,879. Before her are Hannes Alfvén (1908), Haakon VI of Norway (1340), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), and Eyvind Johnson (1900). After her are Gideon Sundback (1880), Max von Sydow (1929), Gunnar Nordahl (1921), Harry Martinson (1904), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), and Björn Borg (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Hilma af Klint ranks 1. After her are Carl Larsson (1853), Alexander Roslin (1718), John Bauer (1882), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Eugène Jansson (1862), Martin van Meytens (1695), Jenny Nyström (1854), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), and Richard Bergh (1858).

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