3. You will develop your drawing skills and use your
imagination to design your own buildings and create work
that is inspired by Hundertwasser’s artistic and ecological
ideology.
During this project you will investigate the work of
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, one of the most important
architects of the 20th century. You will also research
Transautomatism, a style of painting created by
Hundertwasser.
You will develop your understanding of colour, mark making and
explore painting and drawing in the development of your work.
SoW: Friedensreich Hundertwasser
15. Lesson 1 Introduction to Hundertwasser
Learning Objective:
Develop an understanding of the Artist and Architect,
Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Learning Outcome:
Apply this knowledge to a drawing in response to
Hundertwasser’s ideas.
16. Hundertwasser thought about all sorts of
things.
For him painting was like
dreaming. He believed that
painters take us with them into
their own world.
He thought about how
people might look after
their environment
19. Ecology is the touchstone of
Hundertwasser’s work.
Hundertwasser is naturally "green",
just as he is naturally a painter,
Austrian, cosmopolitan or pacifist.
Since his earliest childhood he had
displayed a hypersensitivity to his
surroundings. Nature is the supreme
reality, the source of universal
harmony; his immense respect for
nature very soon aroused in him the
desire to protect it against the attacks
made on it by man and industry.
21. Homework due:
Research Hundertwasser
Create a page/double page of research in your
book.
Include 10 facts, images and one quote.
Extension: On a separate page copy one of his
paintings
22. He thought about how people might
live…
…in harmony with nature.
Hundertwasser believed that people
are not happy when they have lost
their connection to nature.
He thought that people should be
able to enjoy nature even if they
live in a city.
23. Hundertwasser thought
that a happy place
should glow with bright
colours.
He believed that
everyone should live like
kings and queens in a
fairytale castle.
24. Remember this:
Hundertwasser once said, ‘Beauty is
Panacea’.
How does this relate to his work?
What was he trying to ‘cure’ and how
was he attempting to do this?
25. Not everyone can afford to build their own
house to their own specification.
Hundertwasser thought it was still important to
show that unique people lived behind every
window of a property, and demanded that
everyone should have the right to design the
area around their window themselves.
Window Rights
26. Claim the rights for these
windows. Decorate the area
around each one differently.
What happens when the different
designs meet? Treat this text box
and the image below as more
windows.
Hundertwasser
