The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint

by Philipp Deines 

A moving biography told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novel features key moments in the life of the Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Philipp Deines highlights the artist’s distinctive paintings and traces the story of her unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through five chapters, focusing on her development as an artist, her family background, her friendships and romances, and her relationship to the spiritual realm. Beautifully drawn, brightly colored, and well-researched, this graphic novel is a new way of looking at the story of an artist. 

Hard cover, 120 pages 

Dimensions: 8.4 in. x 11.9 in.