The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint
$25.49
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2023
Summary
The first children’s picture book on Hilma af Klint and her pioneering work.
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) began painting her abstract and highly symbolic images as early as 1906, long before Kandinsky and Malevich arrived at what is generally regarded as the birth of modern abstract art. She was heavily influenced by spiritual ideologies and claimed that she painted on instruction from the spirit world, for the future. Until recently overlooked by art historians, she is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500653173 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500653178 |
| Author: | Karin Eklund, Ylva Hillström |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 216mm x 288mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
‘A significant contribution to the history of women artists’ - Kirkus Reviews
‘A wild ride [that] pulls readers into the story making them yearn to discover more about this spiritual, artistic young woman… A welcome and riveting tale of an often overlooked artist, interesting enough to engage any age, from elementary to high school’ - School Library Journal (starred review)
Karin Eklund
Ylva Hillström is a curator at the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm. She was involved in the major Hilma af Klint exhibition in Stockholm in 2013.
Karin Eklund has an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. She wrote and illustrated the book Kids Yoga, which was long-listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2018.
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