THE LEADER OF ABSTRACT ART: Hilma Af Klint


In this study, we are introduced to a Swedish artist whose name is not yet heard in our country, but who has already earned the deserved place in world art history; Hilma Af Klint. While focusing on the place and importance of this artist in art history, “What is abstract art? Who is the first representative? In what period?” questions light on the subject. While searching the concept of automatism, Klint mentioned in a local article was found to be interesting, and it was believed that the research and sharing would be beneficial for today's art world. A descriptive analysis method was used by quoting the essays, articles, biography books and some art galleries and web sites. As a result of this analysis, it was seen that Klint received messages from a divine power and experienced this with automatic writing before the Surrealists and made abstract paintings long before Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich with his enormous works based on spirituality in 1906. This publication, which will be a turning point in today's art history, is not only a study of the moving fluidity of art, but also a challenge to the expression of abstract art in the twentieth century. In this study, the concept of abstract art is firstly discussed in terms of art history, then the life, art education and artistic productions of Hilma af Klint are briefly mentioned and some of the paintings that the artist makes by using her own notebook and the importance and differences of these paintings in terms of the period in which she lived are emphasized. The aim of this study is to introduce Hilma Af Klint, the first abstract artist, to our country and to eliminate a significant lack of abstract art.


Keywords


Absract Art, Kandinsky, Hilma Af Klint, spiritualism, automatism

Author : Tuba KINAY GÖR
Number of pages: 739-754
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.22916
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Turkish Studies-Social Sciences
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