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Hilma af Klint became known to a wider audience in 2013, nearly 70 years after her death, in conjunction with Moderna Museet's Stockholm exhibition Hilma af Klint: Abstract Pioneer. Six years later, her work was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Both exhibitions saw record numbers of visitors, and today she is one of the world's most acclaimed artists. Hilma af Klint has become incredibly popular and beloved throughout the world, notes Daniel Birnbaum, co-editor with Kurt Almqvist. What makes her art interesting is that the works are highly interconnected. A catalogue raisonné is necessary in order to see the different cycles, motifs and symbols that recur in a fascinating way. If people want to truly understand how Hilma af Klint's works function, they need these books. The paintings in the catalogue raisonné are presented in the same order as Olof Sundström, also a follower of anthroposophy, numbered them in 1945, based on Hilma af Klint's notes. The forewords to the volumes are short and concise. They present facts about the works rather than interpretations. The works are printed in an exclusive edition designed by Patric Leo housed in a specially produced slipcase to hold all seven volumes. These books will be essential in all future research on Hilma af Klint's artistry --- Daniel Birnbaum. Today Hilma af Klint is recognised as one of the world's most esteemed artists - an unprecedented triumph. Hilma af Klint's time is now. Her art has become an important part of our Swedish cultural heritage. Few artists have been given the privilege of a catalogue raisonné. Thanks to Bokförlaget Stolpe's comprehensive work, we now have the opportunity to become acquainted with the entirety of Hilma af Klint's artistry. This would not have been possible without the support of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. As chairman of The Hilma af Klint Foundation, I would like to convey my warmest thanks. -- Ulrika af Klint, Chair, The Hilma af Klint Foundation.

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Embracing elements of geometry, pattern and symbolism, the oeuvre collected in the slipcased, seven-volume career retrospective, HILMA AF KLINT: Catalogue Raisonne establishes what the editors Kurt Almqvist and Daniel Birnbaum call a new visual language. --Lauren Christensen The New York Times Book Review The books in this series are finely bound, and gorgeously and exhaustively reproduce af Klint's life's work. While nay biography is necessarily subjective and selective, the appearance of the catalogue raisonne will continue the process of sharing af Klint's multifarious image-based mythology, and surely inspire new writing about her.--Lucy Ives Art In America A full picture of her accomplishments has emerged [...] Further cementing her legacy, the first three volumes of a seven-volume catalogue raisonne of af Klint's work is being released this month by the Swedish publisher Bokfoerlaget Stolpe.--Liz Logan 1stdibs Now that [Hilma af Klint's] entire body is being published in this Catalogue Raisonne, there is no excuse not to avail yourself to these fine tomes and learn about one of the lost pioneers of abstract artistry.--Doug King Patron Now, the full depth and breadth of Klint's prolific and extraordinary career is being fully documented in a seven-part catalogue raisonne from Swedish publishing house Bokfoerlaget Stolpe, distributed by Artbook DAP. It is the first time that Klint's dazzling, spiritual oeuvre, which often dabbles in the occult, will be presented in its totality.--Sarah Cascone Artnet Very few artists have merited a catalogue raisonne - a catalogue of their collected artworks with images and basic facts such as titles, the year created, technique, dimensions. But now Hilma af Klint is in the finest of company with luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Andy Warhol. Sweden's national painter, Anders Zorn, has only had his etches fully catalogued whereas af Klint will be accorded seven sumptuous volumes published by Bokfoerlaget Stolpe, all with English text to satisfy the booming international interest.--Birgitta Rubrin Dagens Nyheter

"Making sense of her 1,200 abstractions and the nature of her contribution is virtually impossible without consulting her magnificent, seven-volume catalogue raisonné--Max Carter ""Air Mail"" Embracing elements of geometry, pattern and symbolism, the oeuvre collected in the slipcased, seven-volume career retrospective, HILMA AF KLINT: Catalogue Raisonné establishes what the editors Kurt Almqvist and Daniel Birnbaum call ""a new visual language.""--Lauren Christensen ""The New York Times Book Review"" The books in this series are finely bound, and gorgeously and exhaustively reproduce af Klint's life's work. While nay biography is necessarily subjective and selective, the appearance of the catalogue raisonné will continue the process of sharing af Klint's multifarious image-based mythology, and surely inspire new writing about her.--Lucy Ives ""Art In America"" A full picture of her accomplishments has emerged [...] Further cementing her legacy, the first three volumes of a seven-volume catalogue raisonné of af Klint's work is being released this month by the Swedish publisher Bokförlaget Stolpe.--Liz Logan ""1stdibs"" Now that [Hilma af Klint's] entire body is being published in this Catalogue Raisonné, there is no excuse not to avail yourself to these fine tomes and learn about one of the lost pioneers of abstract artistry.--Doug King ""Patron"" Now, the full depth and breadth of Klint's prolific and extraordinary career is being fully documented in a seven-part catalogue raisonné from Swedish publishing house Bokförlaget Stolpe, distributed by Artbook DAP. It is the first time that Klint's dazzling, spiritual oeuvre, which often dabbles in the occult, will be presented in its totality.--Sarah Cascone ""Artnet"" Very few artists have merited a ""catalogue raisonné"" - a catalogue of their collected artworks with images and basic facts such as titles, the year created, technique, dimensions. But now Hilma af Klint is in the finest of company with luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Andy Warhol. Sweden's national painter, Anders Zorn, has only had his etches fully catalogued whereas af Klint will be accorded seven sumptuous volumes published by Bokförlaget Stolpe, all with English text to satisfy the booming international interest.--Birgitta Rubrin ""Dagens Nyheter"""

A full picture of her accomplishments has emerged [...] Further cementing her legacy, the first three volumes of a seven-volume catalogue raisonne of af Klint's work is being released this month by the Swedish publisher Bokfoerlaget Stolpe.--Liz Logan 1stdibs Now that [Hilma af Klint's] entire body is being published in this Catalogue Raisonne, there is no excuse not to avail yourself to these fine tomes and learn about one of the lost pioneers of abstract artistry.--Doug King Patron Now, the full depth and breadth of Klint's prolific and extraordinary career is being fully documented in a seven-part catalogue raisonne from Swedish publishing house Bokfoerlaget Stolpe, distributed by Artbook DAP. It is the first time that Klint's dazzling, spiritual oeuvre, which often dabbles in the occult, will be presented in its totality.--Sarah Cascone Artnet Very few artists have merited a catalogue raisonne - a catalogue of their collected artworks with images and basic facts such as titles, the year created, technique, dimensions. But now Hilma af Klint is in the finest of company with luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Andy Warhol. Sweden's national painter, Anders Zorn, has only had his etches fully catalogued whereas af Klint will be accorded seven sumptuous volumes published by Bokfoerlaget Stolpe, all with English text to satisfy the booming international interest.--Birgitta Rubrin Dagens Nyheter

"Embracing elements of geometry, pattern and symbolism, the oeuvre collected in the slipcased, seven-volume career retrospective, HILMA AF KLINT: Catalogue Raisonné establishes what the editors Kurt Almqvist and Daniel Birnbaum call ""a new visual language.""--Lauren Christensen ""The New York Times Book Review"" The books in this series are finely bound, and gorgeously and exhaustively reproduce af Klint's life's work. While nay biography is necessarily subjective and selective, the appearance of the catalogue raisonné will continue the process of sharing af Klint's multifarious image-based mythology, and surely inspire new writing about her.--Lucy Ives ""Art In America"" A full picture of her accomplishments has emerged [...] Further cementing her legacy, the first three volumes of a seven-volume catalogue raisonné of af Klint's work is being released this month by the Swedish publisher Bokförlaget Stolpe.--Liz Logan ""1stdibs"" Now that [Hilma af Klint's] entire body is being published in this Catalogue Raisonné, there is no excuse not to avail yourself to these fine tomes and learn about one of the lost pioneers of abstract artistry.--Doug King ""Patron"" Now, the full depth and breadth of Klint's prolific and extraordinary career is being fully documented in a seven-part catalogue raisonné from Swedish publishing house Bokförlaget Stolpe, distributed by Artbook DAP. It is the first time that Klint's dazzling, spiritual oeuvre, which often dabbles in the occult, will be presented in its totality.--Sarah Cascone ""Artnet"" Very few artists have merited a ""catalogue raisonné"" - a catalogue of their collected artworks with images and basic facts such as titles, the year created, technique, dimensions. But now Hilma af Klint is in the finest of company with luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Andy Warhol. Sweden's national painter, Anders Zorn, has only had his etches fully catalogued whereas af Klint will be accorded seven sumptuous volumes published by Bokförlaget Stolpe, all with English text to satisfy the booming international interest.--Birgitta Rubrin ""Dagens Nyheter"""

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Kurt Almqvist is the President of Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Daniel Birnbaum is a Swedish art critic, the artistic director of Acute Art in London and former director of the Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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