Altarpiece - No 1 - Hilma de Klint
This painting, dedicated to the "Temple", an order to which the artist was devoted, could well represent the communion and contact established with "Les Hauts". These spiritual beings met during spiritism sessions with the "Club des cinq" are embodied through a careful choice of colours.
Purple represents meditation and green is the connection between the earthly and the celestial; the immensely yellow heart thus symbolises the path of purity and transcendence, complementary to the blueish celestial expanse sheltering the souls.
Like a blazing sun, the heart is also the choir into which an endless road of many colours is plunged, evoking both the aura of people and their energies.
The artwork in a nutshell
This painting, dedicated to the "Temple", an order to which the artist was devoted, could well represent the communion and contact established with "Les Hauts". These spiritual beings met during spiritism sessions with the "Club des cinq" are embodied through a careful choice of colours.
Purple represents meditation and green is the connection between the earthly and the celestial; the immensely yellow heart thus symbolises the path of purity and transcendence, complementary to the blueish celestial expanse sheltering the souls.
Like a blazing sun, the heart is also the choir into which an endless road of many colours is plunged, evoking both the aura of people and their energies.
Compare with the original
Reproduction of Altarpiece - No 1 by Hilma de Klint

