Hilma af klint was an aristocrat
the “af” is analagous to a “von” in the name
she came from a nautical family; her famiky became nobility in the 1700s in recognition of one member’s naval successes. Some of her relatives were also cartographers.
her status designated by the two letters between her first and last names—af is the Swedish equivalent of the German von, a marker of nobility.
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