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

evoking leisure and refinement with effortless control

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

who taught at the Berlin arts and crafts school in the early 20th century

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,