"In 1986, those art historians who see art as some form of linear progression
'improving' with time received a rude shock. The Los Angeles County Museum of
Art's exhibition The Spiritual in Art -- Abstract Paintings 1890 -- 1985
introduced a hitherto unknown woman artist. The issue was not just that this art
was so exquisitely beautiful -- but that the paintings had been painted in the
early 20th century.' When the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944, she
left behind over 1000 paintings, and clear instructions that her work was not to
be publicly shown until two decades after her death.
When her remarkable paintings finally saw the light of day they created quite
a stir...more about her enigmatic life and stunning legacy in this piece.
