Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné Volume II: Paintings for the Temple

The second installment in an epic and authoritative seven-volume Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné, this book explored the pioneering abstractionist's beloved Paintings for the Temple series.

This handsomely produced clothbound volume collects these paintings in the second of a projected and collectible seven-volume catalogue raisonné that will present the entirety of af Klint’s work in its dazzling totality for the first time.

Between 1906 and 1915, Hilma af Klint created 193 paintings that she would title The Paintings for the Temple. Colourful, and mostly abstract with biomorphic imagery, these works expressed af Klint’s mediumistic vision of spiritual reality, which she hoped would ultimately be installed in a round temple for true spiritual comprehension and enlightenment. Since the internationally acclaimed Guggenheim exhibition of 2018-19, these works have come to number among her most popular, defining and beloved.

Produced in cooperation with the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, it features introductions by Daniel Birnbaum, former head of Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden, and architect of the grand af Klint exhibitions between 2013 and 2019, and Kurt Almqvist, President of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose bold and colourful abstract paintings predate Kandinsky’s and Malevich’s. It wasn’t until 25 years after her death (per her stipulation) that her groundbreaking paintings were exhibited. Over the past decade, the popularity and interest in her paintings and works on paper have grown exponentially.

• Artist Hilma af Klint
• Dimensions 25 x 31.8 x 3 cm
• Material Responsibly sourced paper
• ISBN 9789189069114