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Detail in the Garden of Gethsemane

            Dalecarlian Biblical Wall Painting depicting Jesus Sweating Blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1850
Anonymous
Paint on paper mounted on linen

From the exhibition


Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life 
(April – September 2023)

This is a unique chance to discover the visionary work of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint and experience Dutch painter Piet Mondrian’s influential art in a new light.
Although they never met, af Klint and Mondrian both invented their own languages of abstract art rooted in nature. At the heart of both of their artistic journeys was a shared desire to understand the forces behind life on earth.
Best known for his abstract work, Mondrian in fact began his career – like af Klint – as a landscape painter. Alongside Mondrian’s abstract compositions, you will see the rarely exhibited paintings of flowers he continued to create throughout his life. Also on display will be enigmatic works by af Klint in which natural forms become a pathway to abstraction.
Both artists shared an interest in new ideas of scientific discovery, spirituality and philosophy. Af Klint was also a medium, and this exhibition showcases the large-scale, otherworldly paintings she believed were commissioned by higher powers.
‘Nature or, that which I see, inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to make something, but I want to come as close as possible to the truth and abstract everything from that…’ Piet Mondrian, 1914
‘The more we discover the wonders of nature, the more we become aware of ourselves.’ Hilma af Klint, 1917
[*Tate Modern]


Taken in the Tate Modern
   

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Taken on: August 19, 2023

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Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian

Forms of Life

Swedish painter

Hilma af Klint

Dutch painter

Piet Mondrian

abstract art

nature

landscape painter

natural forms

abstraction

scientific discovery

spirituality

philosophy

medium

higher powers

Dalecarlian Biblical Wall Painting depicting Jesus Sweating Blood in the Garden of Gethsemane

Anonymous

Paint

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