Hundertwasser's comment on the work

APA 227
865 A
SCHÖNE WEGE
Beautiful Paths

Pictogram

Designs for 16 pictograms for the book by Walter Schurian (ed.) "Hundertwasser - Schöne Wege, Gedanken über Kunst und Leben", Munich, 1983

1983
I-VII
Not dated
Pencil and Indian ink on paper
Not signed
Private collection, Vienna

I
1 Kunst
Art
19.8 x 11.4 cm

II
2 Religion
9.9 x 10.7 cm

III
7 Die Zweite Haut - Kleidung
The Second Skin - Clothing
(10) Warnungen - Hilfeleistungen - Offen für ein Thema
Warnings - Aid - Open for an Issue (not realised)
9 Ökologie - Humus - Wasser
Ecology - umus - Water
15 Techniken und Medien: Malerei, Graphik, Holzschnitt, Münzen, Briefmarken, Goblin
Techniques and Medie: Painting, Prints, Woodcuts, Coins, Stamps, Wall Hangings
(3) Offen für ein Thema
Open for an Issue
(not realised)
18.2/27.8 x 21.5 cm

IV
3 Philosophie - Weltanschauung
Philosophy - World View
11 Erziehung - Schule - Akademie
Eduction - School - Academy
13 Texte über andere Maler
Texts on Other Painters
4 Poesie - Prosa - Gedichte - Erzählungen - Romantik
Poetry - Prose - Poems - Stories - Romanticism
19 x 21.5 cm

V
12 Ausstellungskatalogtexte
Exhibition Catalogue Entries
(6) Architektur - Fensterrecht
Architecture - Window Right
(not realised)
5 Aktionen - Manifeste - Warnungen
Actions - Manifestos - Warnings
16 Politik
Politics
8 Ökologie - Grasdächer - Baummieter
Ecology - Grass Roofs - Tree-Tenants
14 Bilderklärungen
Explanations of Paintings
27.8 x 21.5 cm

VI
6 Architektur - Fensterrecht - Dritte Haut
Architecture - Window Right - Third Skin
Watercolour on a photocopy
9.5 x 10.2 cm

VII
10 Warnungen - Hilfeleistungen
Warnings - Aid
9.6 x 10.6 cm

Since Hundertwasser was unable to follow the poetic-philosophical organisation of his texts as provided by Walter Schurian in his book "Hundertwasser - Schöne Wege, Gedanken über Kunst und Leben" (Hundertwasser - Beautiful Paths, Thoughts on Art and Life), he put them into a new, more obvious order with topics such as ecology, architecture, art, religion, etc., and assigned emblems. These pictograms were subsequently used for many other publications. Spirals and onion domes were reproduced on cushions to raise funds for the benefit of the Kinderkrebs-Hilfe (children's cancer aid society), St. Anna Hospital in Vienna in 1991.

mehr weniger
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 1061, 1139 (c)
  • Mein Kunstmalbuch, Phantasiereisen mit Hundertwasser, Munich, 2008, pp. 1 (2, c), 4 (3, c), 32 (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, c)
  • Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 131 (8, b), 132 (7, b), 134 (mirror-inverted, b), 135 (b), 137 (4, b), 152 ((3), b), 178 (14, b)
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 57 (8, b)
  • Dans la peau de Hundertwasser, Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, 2013, pp. 8 (14, c), 11 (13, c), 12 (4, c), 15 (8, c), 16 (10, c), 19 (7, c), 20 (6, c), 22 (11, c), 25 ((3), c), 26 (3, c), 29 (15, c), 30 (2, c), 32 (5, c), 35 ((10), c), 36 (1, c), 38 (14, c), 40 (8, c), 41 (11, c), 44 (2, c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, cover (3, c) and backcover (4, c)
  • Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 131 (8, b), 132 (7, b), 134 (mirror-inverted, b), 135 (b), 137 (4, b), 152 ((3), b), 178 (14, b)
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 57 (8, b)
  • Dans la peau de Hundertwasser, Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, 2013, pp. 8 (14, c), 11 (13, c), 12 (4, c), 15 (8, c), 16 (10, c), 19 (7, c), 20 (6, c), 22 (11, c), 25 ((3), c), 26 (3, c), 29 (15, c), 30 (2, c), 32 (5, c), 35 ((10), c), 36 (1, c), 38 (14, c), 40 (8, c), 41 (11, c), 44 (2, c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, cover (3, c) and backcover (4, c)
  • Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 131 (8, b), 132 (7, b), 134 (mirror-inverted, b), 135 (b), 137 (4, b), 152 ((3), b), 178 (14, b)
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 57 (8, b)
  • Dans la peau de Hundertwasser, Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, 2013, pp. 8 (14, c), 11 (13, c), 12 (4, c), 15 (8, c), 16 (10, c), 19 (7, c), 20 (6, c), 22 (11, c), 25 ((3), c), 26 (3, c), 29 (15, c), 30 (2, c), 32 (5, c), 35 ((10), c), 36 (1, c), 38 (14, c), 40 (8, c), 41 (11, c), 44 (2, c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, cover (3, c) and backcover (4, c)
  • Der unbekannte Hundertwasser, KunstHausWien, Vienna, 2008, pp. 131 (8, b), 132 (7, b), 134 (mirror-inverted, b), 135 (b), 137 (4, b), 152 ((3), b), 178 (14, b)
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, 2012, p. 57 (8, b)
  • Dans la peau de Hundertwasser, Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, 2013, pp. 8 (14, c), 11 (13, c), 12 (4, c), 15 (8, c), 16 (10, c), 19 (7, c), 20 (6, c), 22 (11, c), 25 ((3), c), 26 (3, c), 29 (15, c), 30 (2, c), 32 (5, c), 35 ((10), c), 36 (1, c), 38 (14, c), 40 (8, c), 41 (11, c), 44 (2, c)
  • Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, cover (3, c) and backcover (4, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Address book, Borer & Wörner, Zug, cover (3, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Perpetual Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006, cover (4, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim, cover (3)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Address book, Borer & Wörner, Zug, cover (3, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Perpetual Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006, cover (4, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim, cover (3)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Address book, Borer & Wörner, Zug, cover (3, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Perpetual Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006, cover (4, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim, cover (3)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Address book, Borer & Wörner, Zug, cover (3, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art Perpetual Calendar, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2006, cover (4, c)
  • Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim, cover (3)

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