Youth Work

„I was the first one at school who was able to draw perspective properly and the first one who stopped doing so because I didn't want to draw that way any longer.“ Hundertwasser

„When I worked on the farm I saw how green the grass was and how brown the earth. That was when I decided to become a painter.“ Hundertwasser

Augarten

JW 17 THE FERRY BETWEEN AUGARTEN- AND BRIGITTA-BRIDGE
Colour pencil
Vienna, 1943

An important picture for me. My first boat. I dreamt about sailing over the seas; later, I did with the Regentag. The Danube Canal was my first sea, I crossed it by boat time and again, back and forth.
Hundertwasser

Sonnenblumen

JW 227 / 59 COMPOSITION WITH SUN-FLOWERS
Watercolour
San Gimigniano, 1949

First precursors of the spiral. I was surprised at how simple it was and wanted to persuade everybody to paint that beautifully, too. (from: Cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1974, p. 130) It is my key, crucial picture. From then on I was a painter, from then on I was free. I had found the way back to myself.
Hundertwasser