The 5 Lives of Hilma af Klint

A moving biography told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novel features key moments in the life of the Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Previously underrecagnized, af Klint's radical painting practice has taken art audiences by storm. Philipp Deines highlights the artist's distinctive paintings and traces the story of her unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through flue chapters, focusing on her development as an artist, her family background, her friendships and romances, and her relationship to the spiritual realm.