The Friday Night Club
A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle
(Sprache: Englisch)
"While men have long been credited with producing the first abstract paintings, the true creator was actually a woman - Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who was inspired by her mystic visions. Acclaimed authors Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose...
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"While men have long been credited with producing the first abstract paintings, the true creator was actually a woman - Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who was inspired by her mystic visions. Acclaimed authors Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose bring her story to life in this groundbreaking novel. Early 1900s: The world belongs to men, and the art world in Stockholm, Sweden, is no different, until Hilma af Klint brings together a mysterious group of female painters and writers-Anna, Cornelia, Sigrid, and Mathilda-to form their own emotional and artistic support system. The members of the Friday Night Club find themselves thrust into uncharted territory when Hilma and her best friend, Anna, begin dabbling in the occult, believing that through sâeances they can channel unseen spirits to help them achieve their potential as artists. "The Five," as Hilma referred to them, was a group of immensely talented, fascinating women whose lives and work were cast into obscurity...until now. The Present: Over a century later, an associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum, Eben Elliot, brings the Hilma af Klint show to New York where he uncovers questions about the Five and how the modern day art world is funded, which puts him in a precarious position both emotionally and professionally, as he witnesses how history can be manipulated. The Friday Night Club is an illuminating historical novel that explores destiny, passion, and the threads that connect five women as they challenge artistic and societal traditions"--
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PrologueOctober 1933
Island of Munsö, Sweden
Anna lifted the last letter to the flame and watched as the delicate paper curled and disintegrated, the words evaporating into ash. She had spent the past several hours reading each of the letters, remembering every detail, every moment, that had been written. As the ebb and flow of their correspondence pulled her back in time, she felt the weight of her now old body fall away and the aches and pains of age disappear as her heart was once again filled with the memories of her youth with Hilma.
Even with their hair white and their skin feathered with lines, the two maintained the distinct auras they had since they were young. Hilma exuded a palpable physical strength, while Anna appeared more ethereal, like breath or water a color you couldn t quite detect but could still feel around you. Years of fragile health and bouts with asthma had made her refrain from any form of physical exertion, but her mind and spirit were as determined as her friend s; they just worked in a different way.
Only that afternoon, Hilma had instructed Anna to burn their old letters, while she continued to pack up her paintings and place into the wooden boxes all her sketchbooks and notebooks from the meetings from the Friday Night Club decades before.
The place in Munsö was large enough to store everything, just to Hilma s liking. Anna had built the structure on land granted to her by a family with close ties to her own, thus ensuring her friend had the space and stability to paint without worry. Anna had crafted a studio with high ceilings and tall windows, creating an artistic vault filled with towering canvases saturated with bright constellations of halos and stars. It was almost as though her friend had climbed a ladder to the sky and pulled down all of the mysteries perched above, painting them with a kaleidoscope of colors so others could have a keyhole to gaze into the heavens.
The property near Lake Mälaren had
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always been a refuge for both Hilma and Anna. Windswept in the autumn as the leaves tumbled from the birch and oak trees, the air fragrant with pine needles and juniper berries. In the summer, the countryside became alight with meadows of red poppies, bluebells, and wild daisies. They both had always drawn sustenance from nature, the vicissitudes of the seasons, and a landscape s ability to magically transform from verdant green to snowy white.
The month before, Anna had made a personal vow to savor as much beauty outside as she could. Old age had settled firmly in her bones, and she was unsure how many journeys to the island remained for her. The midsummer light afforded little darkness, and Hilma, neglecting to monitor the time on the grandfather clock, typically worked past midnight, as only then did the sky grow dim. So every morning, Anna set out for an early walk as her friend slept in for a few short hours.
The island welcomed Anna as it stirred from its brief nocturnal slumber. The bees hummed in the morning glories, the butterflies took flight, and blackbirds and white gulls filled the breeze with song. As Anna approached the lake, she took off her sandals and left them behind in the grass. She then pulled her long skirt up to her knees and began to slowly wade into the water, rejoicing at the cold sensation on her skin. These daily rituals restored her and helped her to feel like a young girl again, despite her being trapped in a body that was now nearly seventy-four years old.
She had always loved the water, for it felt like a natural extension of her spirit. Perhaps that was why her friendship with Hilma had survived so long. If Anna was like water, her friend was fire. But she had learned to soften her friend s temper over time, often sacrificing her own feelings because, above all else, she wanted Hilma to always create.
The past few weeks wi
The month before, Anna had made a personal vow to savor as much beauty outside as she could. Old age had settled firmly in her bones, and she was unsure how many journeys to the island remained for her. The midsummer light afforded little darkness, and Hilma, neglecting to monitor the time on the grandfather clock, typically worked past midnight, as only then did the sky grow dim. So every morning, Anna set out for an early walk as her friend slept in for a few short hours.
The island welcomed Anna as it stirred from its brief nocturnal slumber. The bees hummed in the morning glories, the butterflies took flight, and blackbirds and white gulls filled the breeze with song. As Anna approached the lake, she took off her sandals and left them behind in the grass. She then pulled her long skirt up to her knees and began to slowly wade into the water, rejoicing at the cold sensation on her skin. These daily rituals restored her and helped her to feel like a young girl again, despite her being trapped in a body that was now nearly seventy-four years old.
She had always loved the water, for it felt like a natural extension of her spirit. Perhaps that was why her friendship with Hilma had survived so long. If Anna was like water, her friend was fire. But she had learned to soften her friend s temper over time, often sacrificing her own feelings because, above all else, she wanted Hilma to always create.
The past few weeks wi
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Autoren-Porträt von Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, M.J. Rose
Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Sofia Lundberg , Alyson Richman , M.J. Rose
- 2023, 336 Seiten, Masse: 12,8 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Berkley
- ISBN-10: 0593200497
- ISBN-13: 9780593200490
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.05.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"In their important novel, The Friday Night Club, co-authors Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose have unearthed the captivating story of the ground-breaking Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, arguably the world's first abstract artist who may well have inspired male painters like Wassily Kandinksy who typically receive credit for pioneering abstraction. This spell-binding exploration of the life and legacy of a long-forgotten woman and the circle of gifted friends who worked alongside her is a must-read." Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian
"The Friday Night Club has everything I love in a novel: art, history, secrets, mysteries, friendships and love along with a propulsive narrative. Kudos to Lundberg, Richman and Rose and many thanks to them for bringing Hilma af Klint to life and giving her the attention her art deserves."
B.A. Shapiro, New York Times bestseller of Metropolis and The Art Forger
"[A]bsorbing and unique historical fiction Highly recommended, and don t fail to google images of Hilma s art as you read.
Historical Novels Review
[A] bracing novel of female empowerment Using lively dialogue and an engaging narrative voice, authors Lundberg, Richman, and Rose paint an intriguing and feminist-centric portrayal of af Klint and her circle, women who were ahead of their time and unafraid to channel the voices of spirits they believed were guiding af Klint s work. A lively and illuminating reimagining of an artist whose name we shouldn t forget.
Kirkus
A fascinating look at the process behind af Klint s pioneering vision of abstract art A great choice for discussion that will inspire a deeper look at marginalized women artists.
Library Journal
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