Buddha´s Standpoint by Hilma Af Klint Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Layered tones of blue and

Layered tones of blue and green suggest still water

balancing strong female portraiture with an almost decorative abstraction of line and form

Soft watercolour washes build the plumage in layered tones of slate blue and russet

one of the most highly regarded Nanga (literati) painters of the Edo period

while unexpected cutouts and graphic intervals introduce a playful tension

Buddha´s Standpoint by Hilma Af Klint Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Layered tones of blue andBuddha's Standpoint belongs to Hilma af Klint's remarkable cycle of visionary paintings works in which symmetry, symbolic colour, and organic form carry a weight that transcends decoration. The composition is centred and deliberate: concentric fields of colour emanate from a still core, referencing both botanical observation and metaphysical inquiry. It is one of the earliest sustained series of purely abstract paintings in Western art history,