Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings were the first Western abstract works known to the current art community. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky. She belonged to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.

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