Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) was a Swedish artist who is most well known for her abstract paintings which were inspired by her Spiritism and Theosophy. She received classical art training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Her early works include botanical illustrations as well as landscapes and portraiture. Af Klint began creating abstract works long before famous abstract artists such as Kandinsky and Mondrian. Her abstract paintings explored spirituality, cycles of life, spirals, geometry, and color theory. Af Klint kept her collection of abstract paintings hidden from the public and it is a fairly recent discovery that she was the first western artist to create paintings that were purely abstract.

Paintings by Hilma af Klint in Chronological Order:

Chaos, Nr. 2, 1906	They tens mainstay IV, 1907	The Ten Largest, 1907
De tio största, n° 2 Barnaaldern, 1907	De Tio Största, n°10 Alderdomen, 1907	What a Human Being Is, c.1910
Svanen, 1914	The Swan (No. 17), 1914-1915	Altar Painting, 1915
The Dove, Nr. 12, 1915	The Swan (No. 16), 1914-1915	Forwards, Parcifal Series, Group 2, Section 4: The Convolute of the Physical Plane, 1916
Atom Series, No. 8: Atom on the ether plane is in constant change between rest and activity. At the rest it pulls itself inwards. This affects the earthly atom as giving of force., 1917	The Mahatmas Present Standing Point, Series II, No. 2a, 1920	Series VII, No. 7d, 1920
Series No. VII, No. 3f, 1920	Wheat and Wormwood, 1922	Untitled
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