Painter Hilma af Klint (October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) is currently said to be the new Swedish discovery in painting. Today she is officially considered a pioneer of abstract art. Indeed, Hilma is held in the same high regard as her contemporaries Mondrian, Malevich and Kandinsky. Irony of fate.
Following a normal childhood with summers in the countryside and subsequent move to Stockholm with her family, Hilma studied at the...