The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint

Artist Philipp Deines traces the story of now world-famous af Klint''s unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through five chapters featuring her development as an artist, her family background, and her relationship to the spiritual. Highlighting how she came to her distinctive paintings, her spiritual quest, and the friends who helped her, this is a story of the strength it took af Klint to continue as an artist against all odds. Beautifully drawn, brightly colored, and well-researched, this graphic novel is a new way of looking at the story of an artist. Referencing Julia Voss''s new biography of af Klint, Deines presents an accessible and lively introduction for many ages. Biography, art history, and contemporary narrative style merge and complement each other in these magnificent visual worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Hilma af Klint, Philipp Deines, Phillipp Deines, Philipp Deines, Julia Voss
• Publisher: Zwirner David Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2022
• EAN: 9781644230695
• ISBN: 978-1-64423-069-5
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 304 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art; Sweden, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Graphic Novels: Literary & Memoirs, Graphic novel and Manga artwork