Buddha´s Standpoint by Hilma Af Klint Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm

Buddha´s Standpoint by Hilma Af Klint Size:L - 70 x 100.0cmBuddha'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,

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

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

evoking leisure and refinement with effortless control

balanced symmetry – but the blue ground shifts the mood from garden warmth to something closer to formal textile elegance

It belongs to a tradition of images that were never quite serious and never quite jokes

each branch placed with intent

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

while unexpected cutouts and graphic intervals introduce a playful tension

Hasui Kawase depicts the Asama Shrine in Shizuoka with the calm

Layered tones of blue and green suggest still water

the ink wash gradations and fine brushwork of this Ming dynasty composition are reproduced with exceptional tonal depth and line clarity

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