Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note from the Translator ix
4. Chronology xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One Family, Childhood, and Youth in Stockholm
7. 1. Mary Wollstonecraft Visits Sweden and Is Upset 11
8. 2. Birth 15
9. 3. School and Religion 18
10. 4. An Exhibition in London 26
11. 5. Bertha Valerius and the Dead 33
12. 6. Kerstin Cardon’s Painting School 41
13. 7. Hermina’s Death 45
14. Part Two Study at the Academy and Independent Work
15. 1. The Academy 49
16. 2. Guardian Spirit 55
17. 3. The Prize 60
18. 4. Anna Cassel 63
19. 5. “My First Experience with Mediumship” 69
20. 6. The Young Artist 70
21. 7. Dr. Helleday and Love 77
22. 8. The Five 84
23. 9. Art from the Orient 94
24. 10. Rose and Cross 99
25. 11. At the Veterinary Institute 102
26. 12. Children’s Books and Decorative Art 109
27. 13. Italy 113
28. 14. Genius 118
29. Part Three Paintings for the Temple
30. 1. Old Images 121
31. 2. Revolution 127
32. 3. Primordial Chaos 133
33. 4. Eros 137
34. 5. Medium 138
35. 6. The Ten Largest 142
36. 7. “I Was the Instrument of Ecstasy” 148
37. 8. Rudolf Steiner Visits Sweden 154
38. 9. The Young Ones 161
39. 10. Sigrid Lancén 162
40. 11. The Association of Swedish Women Artists 166
41. 12. Frank Heyman 171
42. 13. Island Kingdom in Mälaren 175
43. 14. First Exhibition with the Theosophists 182
44. 15. Tree of Knowledge 187
45. 16. The Kiss 189
46. 17. Singoalla 192
47. 18. The Baltic Exhibition 194
48. 19. War 197
49. 20. Saint George 200
50. 21. Kandinsky in Stockholm 203
51. 22. Parsifal and Atom 207
52. 23. The Studio on Munsö 212
53. 24. Thomasine Anderson 214
54. Part Four Dornach, Amsterdam, and London
55. 1. The Suitcase Museum 221
56. 2. Flowers, Mosses, and Lichens 225
57. 3. First Visit to the Goetheanum 228
58. 4. “Belongs to the Astral World According to Doctor Steiner” 232
59. 5. The Fire and the Letter 236
60. 6. Amsterdam 240
61. 7. London 244
62. Part Five Temple and Later Years
63. 1. The Temple and the Spiral 253
64. 2. +x 262
65. 3. A Temple in New York 264
66. 4. The London Blitz 268
67. 5. Future Woman 272
68. 6. National Socialism 278
69. 7. Lecture in Stockholm 284
70. 8. “Degenerate” Art in Germany and Abstract Art in New York 286
71. 9. Tyra Kleen and the Plan for a Museum 290
72. 10 Last Months 299
73. 11. Conclusion 303
74. Afterword by Johan af Klint 309
75. Afterword by Ulrika af Klint 311
76. Appendix 1. Hilma af Klint’s Travels and Places of Residence 313
77. Appendix 2. The Library of Hilma af Klint 315
78. Acknowledgments 324
79. Illustration Sources 328
80. Notes 329
81. Bibliography 379
82. Index 401