Five Lives of Hilma af Klint by Philipp Deines

Five Lives of Hilma af Klint is a moving biography told in vivid illustrations, a graphic novel featuring key moments in the life of Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862–1944). Long underrecognized, af Klint has been amid a sensational rediscovery that continues to take art audiences by storm.

Artist Philipp Deines traces the story of 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 biography of af Klint, Deines presents an accessible and lively introduction.

BY: Philipp Deines

FORMAT: Hardcover, 120 pages

LANGUAGE: English

PUBLISHER: David Zwirner Books