The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle | 
I finished this today for the first book for #auldlangspine
Liked it a lot - especially the dual narrative and setting - and I might be going to Stockholm in the spring. Had to google the paintings to see them for myself. @kspenmoll @monalyisha
July: The Friday Night Club, historical fiction about the Swedish modern artist, Hilma of Klint. #12booksof2023
Planning to start this one tomorrow for #auldlangspine @kspenmoll @monalyisha
Happy New Year! 🎆
1) this was such a tough choice for me- 4 books were the best! I chose tagged book because I was captivated while reading it & I learned so much from the book.
2) it was a library find & the cover info intrigued me.
Anyone who wants to join in, consider yourself tagged!
1) tagged
2) Learning about Hilma af Klint , her life & art & “The Five”
3) the Hebrades
#wondrouswednesday
pickNeedless to say it‘s a challenge to separate this novel of historical fiction from the magnificent,visionary art of Hilma af Klint.(Photo from Guggenheim exhibit 10/12/2018, to 4/23/2019) Her passion, creative process & ability to surrender to her artistic “flow”while being supported by the other four women makes this book more than than worth reading. I guess you could say this fictional account of her adult life & art lives inside me.
“Why on earth should we wear corsets when they make us feel weak and uncomfortable?—Hilma
Pictures from Wikipedia, France Vogue .
While Joseph Cooper patented his corset in 1848, history reveals that they existed in various forms since at least 1000 BC.
https://corset-story.co.uk/blogs/news/the-history-of-corsets
3 ways this book has expanded my world:
1. Hilma Af Klint & “The Five”-never knew about her
2. The Guuggenheim really did bring her art from Sweden for a first respective
3. The Sackler family as the Forrest family,a pharmaceutical company that addicted with its pain med & lies.A grassroots organization that protested its money/name at institutions. Loved this allusion.
#thefive #HilmetafKlint #paranormal #porchlife #coffeesndbooks
Speaks for me, feels for me,Aquarium that I am. Spent time in the water at the beach every summer since birth: Connecticut shores, Cape Cod, CT State Park lakes.
#beaches #Sweden #IslandofMunso #TheFive #DeFem #lakewater #NYC
More info about Hilma af Klin one of “The Five” artists explored in this historical fiction novel.
https://hilmaafklint.se/about-hilma-af-klint/
