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NNadir

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1. My family went to the Guggenheim Retrospective of one of the founders of abstract art, Hilma af Klint.

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Sat Nov 11, 2023, 11:00 AM

Nov 2023

She has not had the recognition she deserved for moving the direction of painting in a new direction, and rarely sold her paintings during her lifetime.

She made her living as an illustrator of scientific papers beginning in the 19th century and then into the early 20th century.

Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future

The show was amazing. One can assume she was an artist whose collaboration with scientists changed the history of art.

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My family went to the Guggenheim Retrospective of one of the founders of abstract art, Hilma af Klint. NNadir Nov 2023 #1

Very interesting, thank you. nt sl8 Nov 2023 #2