Hilma af Klint — The Ten Largest — Number 2 Childhood

The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood

Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint — The Ten Largest — Number 2 Childhood

Details

Origin
Sweden
Holding institution
The Hilma af Klint Foundation
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
The Hilma af Klint Foundation

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Childhood Metadata · 99%

    The catalog title explicitly identifies the work as The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood.

Styles and Movements

  • Abstract Art Visual · 99%

    The composition is nonrepresentational, consisting of circles, ovals, arcs, and organic-looking shapes rather than a literal pictorial subject.

Visual Qualities

  • Geometric Visual · 96%

    Large disks, circular outlines, concentric rings, and enclosed curved units structure much of the composition.

  • Biomorphic Visual · 95%

    Rounded, petal-like, floral, and cell-like contours appear throughout the image, especially in the large pink form and the smaller central motifs.

  • Patterns Visual · 96%

    Repeated circles, petal forms, concentric rings, and looping outlines create a patterned visual language across the blue ground.

  • Scattered Composition Visual · 90%

    Distinct overlapping forms are distributed across the field, with several shapes cropped by the edges of the support.

  • Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 88%

    The image juxtaposes saturated orange and dark blue with pink, yellow, white, green, and pale blue passages.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the work as a painting.

  • Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

    The catalog specifies tempera on paper, mounted on canvas; the work therefore has a paper support despite its canvas mounting.

Time Periods

  • 1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1907, which falls within the 1900–1917 period.

Source & rights

Gsimonov. Own work