Hilma af Klint - Group IX/UW, No. 25, The Dove, No. 1, 1915

The Dove, No. 1, Group IX/UW

Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint - Group IX/UW, No. 25, The Dove, No. 1, 1915

Details

Medium
Oil on canvas
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

  • Line, Form, and Color Visual · 94%

    The image emphasizes linear and directional organization through the central braided motif, circular contours, and lower fan of radiating segments.

Styles and Movements

  • Abstract Art Visual · 99%

    The composition is nonrepresentational, organized through circles, arcs, radiating wedges, and linear divisions rather than naturalistic forms.

Visual Qualities

  • Geometric Visual · 98%

    Large circular and curved forms are combined with straight axes, triangular wedges, and measured divisions.

  • Symmetrical Visual · 99%

    A strong central vertical axis organizes the composition, with broadly corresponding forms and color areas on either side.

  • Pastel Colors Visual · 90%

    Much of the composition uses pale blue, yellow, pink, white, and gray, alongside more saturated colors concentrated in the lower section.

  • Radiating Lines Visual · 92%

    Pale lines radiate through the upper background and strongly directional colored segments fan outward from the lower center.

Medium and Techniques

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The supplied catalog metadata identifies the medium as oil on canvas.

  • Painting Metadata · 100%

    The catalog classification identifies the object as a painting.

Time Periods

  • 1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 100%

    The catalog dates the work to 1915, within the 1900–1917 period.

Geographic Regions

  • Scandinavian Art Metadata · 88%

    The metadata gives Sweden as the place of origin; the work is associated with a Swedish artist.

Source & rights

Rhododendrites. Own work