Steps from realism to abstraction

Abstract

How They Create

Reality in Pablo Picasso and abstraction in Hilma af Klint

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) created the dove emblem of the First World Congress for Peace in Paris, in 1949. It is a lithograph of a white dove on a black background. The painter from Malaga manages to recreate the bird’s plumage using soft tones.

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist known for pioneering abstract art. She created her first abstract paintings in 1906, before Kandinsky. She was an innovator who moved away from visible reality. Her works try to model the invisible. In the Dove series she explores the symbolism of birds.

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