{"product_id":"hilma-af-klint-birthday-cards","title":"Hilma af Klint Birthday Card Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese unique birthday cards feature \u003cem\u003eThe Dove, No. 2 \u003c\/em\u003eby Swedish artist Hilma af Klint \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1862\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e–1944)\u003c\/span\u003e. The message inside reads, “Happy Birthday!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn artist both of her time and well ahead of it, Hilma af Klint was a rare original. Years before Modernist pioneers Mondrian and Kandinsky dipped into abstraction, af Klint broke ground with colorful, energetic compositions that veered away from the figurative. Influenced by spiritualism, she tried to reconcile art, science, and religious pluralism through her paintings. Determining that the world wasn’t ready, she decreed that her work—now celebrated—not be exhibited until twenty years after her death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the Guggenheim, “When Hilma af Klint began creating radically abstract paintings in 1906, they were like little that had been seen before: bold, colorful, and untethered from any recognizable references to the physical world.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image is printed on sustainably sourced paper made of high-quality, 250 GSM card stock. The cards come with a matching soft white envelope. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCard size: 5\" x 7\". Set of six cards and envelopes. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Reader's Catalog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42621697720366,"sku":"05-10330","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/0192\/files\/HilmaafKlintBirthdayCard1.webp?v=1786119362","url":"https:\/\/shop.nybooks.com\/products\/hilma-af-klint-birthday-cards","provider":"The Reader's Catalog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}