Altarpiece No. 1
1915 Moderna Museet
About this artwork
This large-scale oil painting is the final work in the ten-part series titled The Ten Largest, designed to represent the stages of human life. It features a central golden disc above a tapering geometric structure, set against a red, black, and white background.
Did you know?
Hilma af Klint painted this series in a state of spiritual mediumship, believing that she was guided by higher beings to create a visual representation of the cosmos. Long overlooked by mainstream art history, she is now recognized as one of the true pioneers of Western abstract art, predating many better-known male contemporaries.
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Altarpiece No. 1
Hilma af Klint, 1915
