The Swan No 17
by Hilma af Klint
Title
The Swan No 17
Artist
Hilma af Klint
Medium
Painting - Print On Paper
Description
Reproduction of a 1907 oil-on-canvas work by pioneering Swedish abstract painter Hilm af Klint. These and other paintings in her Paintings for the Temple series of 1906-1915 were largely overlooked by the art world until fairly recently, and have prompted some debate over who exactly was the first 'abstract painter'. If he was alive, ardent self-promoter Wassily Kandinsky would doubtless have insisted he was (first 'abstract' Kandinsky dates to 1911). Personally, my money's on Klint.
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January 18th, 2015
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