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World Receivers: Georgiana Houghton - Hilma af Klint - Emma Kunz

Hardback

Main Details

Title World Receivers: Georgiana Houghton - Hilma af Klint - Emma Kunz
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Karin Althaus
Edited by Matthias Muhling
Edited by Sebastian Schneider fur die Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachha
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 202
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Abstract Expressionism
ISBN/Barcode 9783777431574
ClassificationsDewey:709.04052
Audience
General
Illustrations 250 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 28 February 2019
Publication Country Germany

Description

Abstract paintings were being produced even before Kandinsky. Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814 - 1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892 - 1963) in Switzerland each developed an individual abstract pictorial language. What they had in common was a desire to make visible the laws of nature, the intellect and the supernatural. Their works are being presented side by side for the first time in an exhibition. The three women artists all found their artistic language within the context of the spiritual movements of their times: Houghton in spiritism, af Klint in theosophy and Kunz in naturopathy. Their artworks bear witness to a "mediumistic" praxis: Houghton and af Klint were inspired by higher beings to paint, while Kunz developed her drawings with the help of a pendulum.

Author Biography

Karin Althaus is a curator of nineteenth-century paintings and sculpture at the Stadtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich, where Matthias Muhling is director and Sebastian Schneider is an assistant curator.