Af Klint's work can be understood in the wider context of the Modernist search for new forms in artistic, spiritual, political, and scientific systems at the beginning of the twentieth century. Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɪ̂lːma ˈɑːv ˈklɪnːt]; October 26, 1862 – October 21, 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first abstract works known in Western art history. There was a similar interest in spirituality by other artists during this same period, including Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kasimir Malevitch, and the French Nabis, in which many, like af Klint, were inspired by the Theosophical Movement. The works of Hilma af Klint are mainly spiritual, and her artistic work is a consequence of this. Hilma af Klint painted her first series of abstract paintings.

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A groundbreaking pioneer of abstract art, Hilma af Klint created esoteric, mystical paintings that have found a wide audience since being repopularized in the 21st century. Trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, the Stockholm-born artist developed her visual language before other abstract artists of her time, including Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, and Piet Mondrian. Klint achieved fame long after them, in part because she wanted her works kept private until after her death. Her cosmic paintings made their international debut in 1986, touring from Los Angeles to the Hague, and Stockholm’s Moderna Museet staged a major retrospective of 230 paintings in 2013. The artist’s renown has only grown: A 2018–2019 Guggenheim Museum show broke attendance records for the museum, attracting more than 600,000 visitors. Often monumental, as exemplified by her striking series “The Ten Largest,” af Klint’s paintings are filled with biomorphic and geometric forms that translate her understanding of an unseen but palpable spiritual world.