Friedensreich Hundertwasser Born 1928 Died 2002 Austria Artist

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Ø Born 1928 Died 2002 Ø Austria Artist Ø Architect and Painter Ø Environmentalist Ø One of the most important artist that emerged from Europe after WWII. Ø His art style is unaligned with any major art movement.

Hundertwasser was both a painter and architect. • Lines -The use of curved or spiraled lines versus straight lines are quite evident. e of Color- He uses vibrant colors many of which he made himself. • Medium- often used a mix of oil, watercolor, and tempera techniques to give a contrasting effect between radiant and matte. http: //www. kunsthauswien. com/ima ges/stories/Museum/werk_und_wirk en/malerei 1. jpg

How does the artist make the layers so evident when the colors used are similar? What patterns do we see? http: //www. inspirationgreen. com/hundertwasser. html

The Architect The Famous Hundertwasser Haus Location: Austria This building is one of Hundertwassers most notable architectural projects. Attracts thousands of people to Vienna each year. http: //www. woonongewoon. nl/page 15. html

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Additional Pictures to enjoy https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v =x. Fp 1 Jy 5 jd 4 U Musical Tribute Hundertwasser Artwork http: //artclassinspiration. blogspot. com/2011/10/tribute-to 100 wasser. html

Our Project: Hundertwasser Inspired Landscape showing repetition of lines and shapes to create rhythm. Create a layered landscape showing a unified balanced design inspired by the layers and rhythm shown in Hundertwasser’s paintings. Assessment: Effort Craftmanship Balanced Unified Landscape showing a repetition of layers and designs. Analogous colors within each section. Use of water soluble pastels to enhance the layers.

Some chose to outline in crayon for the resist properties; others used permanent marker.

Layering our Pastels!

Layering our Pastels

Ready to add water!