Hilma af Klint: Artist and Visionary

Excerpt from the exhibition press release by the National Gallery of Ireland

Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece, 1915, Hilma af Klint.

Hilma af Klint: Artist and Visionary
15 October 2026 – 7 February 2027
Rooms 6-10 at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is recognised as one of Europe’s foremost abstract painters and is one of Sweden’s most celebrated modern artists. This exhibition, developed in partnership with the Hilma af Klint Foundation, features paintings, drawings and watercolours, marking the first major exhibition dedicated to the artist’s work in Ireland. Af Klint’s art was profoundly informed by spirituality and her explorations of Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, and Anthroposophy. (…) While portraiture and illustration provided a source of income, Hilma af Klint’s spiritual paintings – the ‘great work’ – were seldom shown beyond her close circle. Her vast body of work remained in storage until the 1980s, largely unknown outside Sweden.

Group X, No. 2, Altarpiece, 1915, Hilma af Klint.

The collection of abstract paintings of Hilma af Klint includes more than 1200 pieces, owned and managed by the Hilma af Klint Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.