Hundertwasser's Art discussion: Images of the City: London G&T

Hundertwasser's paintings

Here are two examples of Hundertwasser's paintings.

Painting of a city scene using earth colours including greens and browns

Painting of a city scene in bright colours including purple, blue and yellow

Discussion icon Discussion 1 – Using colour

How does the artist use colour to illustrate the time of day?

What emotions or feelings do the colours used bring out in you?

Discussion icon Discussion 2 – Telling a story

Think about what part of the city each painting is set in and who might live or work in this part. Are there any places you have been that look like those in the paintings and reflect on the people you saw here. Write a short imaginative piece of writing that describes a day in the life of someone who may live here. Don't forget to describe what they look like, their characteristics and anything that shows how interesting they maybe.

Hundertwasser's buildings

Here are two examples of Hundertwasser's buildings:

Brightly painted building with red and blue stripes

Brightly painted building in yellow with red stripes

Discussion icon Discussion 3 – Paintings and buildings

Look closely at these pictures. Can you find two things in common between Hundertwasser's paintings and his artwork on the buildings?

Discussion icon Discussion 4 – People and buildings

How do you think these buildings make the people who live or work in them feel?

Consider if you would want to live or work in one of them and share your feelings in the discussion.

Discussion task for all

Hundertwasser designs his art in three different ways:

Design for the walls of a factory using pen and paint on paper

he may make a drawing
he sometimes paints directly onto a photograph
sometimes he will make a scale model and paint it.

Design for the walls of a building painted on photograph

Discussion icon Discussion 5 – Your own artwork in the style of Hundertwasser

Choose a building that you know. It could be your house or school.

Pick one of the methods that Hundertwasser uses and design a piece of artwork in that style to go on that building.

You may want to:

use a photograph to paint directly onto
download an image from the Internet to paint onto
take an image out of a magazine.

Remember to give your work a title. Scan it, or take a digital photo of it, and then upload it onto the discussion board.