Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the FlowersIn April 1919, the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint ventured outside her studio to draw the first blossoms of spring. Having spent the previous decade creating an epic series of paintings filled with vivid geometric and organic formsamong that eras earliest explorations of abstractionshe was now embarking on a project rooted in study of the natural world. I will try, she declared, to grasp the flowers of the earth. The resulting watercolors, af Klints