The Saga of the Rose
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Description
The Swedish artist Anna Cassel (1860–1937) had left a relatively modest mark on art history until now.
Her art is dominated by sweeping landscapes and cityscapes with motifs from the Swedish rural counties Jämtland and Västmanland, and from Stockholm. Cassel was also a close friend of Hilma af Klint’s. They collaborated both spiritually and artistically and were members of the Christian spiritualist group The Five, founded by Sigrid Hedman (1855–1922) and active from 1897 to 1907. Almost a century after her death, for the first time, The Saga of the Rose presents many of Cassel's occult and spiritual paintings. In two essays, Cassel is introduced to a wider audience, and it is clear that the collaboration between her and Hilma af Klint was much deeper than previously known.
- Publisher: Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2023.
- Author: Anna Cassel.
- ISBN 9789189425828.
- Size 32 x 25 cm, 182 pages.
- Hardcover.
- Language English.
Arcana Borealis – Northern Women and Esotericism
The exhibition is the first showcase of the work of Northern women artists who have been influenced by alternative spiritual currents. The exhibition is groundbreaking, as the profound connection between modern art and esotericism, occultism and magic has previously been explored mainly through famous men artists.
The exhibition features both well-known and overlooked artists from the 19th century to the present day, including Anna-Eva Bergman, Anna Cassel, Ilona Harima, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Maja Fjaestad, Hilma af Klint, Iria Leino, Outi Pieski, Laila Pullinen, Elga Sesemann and Ellen Thesleff.
Hilma af Klint, The Dove no 1, Group 9, Series UW, 1915, By Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation. Photo: Moderna Museet
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