Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɪ̂lːma ˈɑːv ˈklɪnːt]; October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were the first Western abstract works known to the current art community. A considerable body of her be in predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky. She belonged to a society called “The Five”, comprising a circle of women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in the importance of maddening to read the so-called “High Masters”—often by mannerism of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of obscure spiritual ideas.
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