Impressions of Autumn
Gars am Kamp, Lower Austria, October 14, 1945
29. October 2026
JW 79, 14 VILLAGE PATH WITH WOOD HOUSE AND FIR-TREES, 1945, watercolor on paper 420 mm x 320 mm.
VILLAGE PATH WITH WOOD HOUSE AND FIR-TREES, painted on October 14, 1945, in Gars am Kamp, in Lower Austria, offers an insight into the nature-based development of the then 16-year-old artist.
The lively wooden cabin, the winding, unpaved path, and the harmonious intertwining of architecture and vegetation point toward essential motifs of Hundertwasser’s ecologically conscious philosophy, as well as a deep perception of nature, which, as this composition demonstrates, were undoubtedly present from a young age. In 1986 Harry Rand wrote about the work in Hundertwasser, The Painter:
Text (translated from the original German text): Rand, Harry, Hundertwasser der Maler, Munich, 1986, pl. 10 (c), p. 164, text: p. 17.
The lively wooden cabin, the winding, unpaved path, and the harmonious intertwining of architecture and vegetation point toward essential motifs of Hundertwasser’s ecologically conscious philosophy, as well as a deep perception of nature, which, as this composition demonstrates, were undoubtedly present from a young age. In 1986 Harry Rand wrote about the work in Hundertwasser, The Painter:
“Village Path with Wood House and Fir-Trees radiates with a magical serenity and inviting atmosphere: from this perspective, we follow the downward curve of the road past the small houses, finding ourselves unexpectedly in the centre of the pictorial space. This astoundingly complex perspective seems too refined to have spawned from the imagination of an isolated child—its compact spatiality is rather reminiscent of Paul Cézanne. Cézanne himself adapted this geometric clarity of spatial organization from Camille Pissarro; for the young Austrian, however, the question arises as to where and how he learned to depict a sense of pictorial volume with such unerring accuracy.”
Text (translated from the original German text): Rand, Harry, Hundertwasser der Maler, Munich, 1986, pl. 10 (c), p. 164, text: p. 17.