25 December 2019

Annotation on 1 August 2020: Exhibition extended until 10 January 2021.

Annotation on 20 May 2020: Reopening of the exhibition on 27 May. Information about the safety regulations like mouth-nose protection, distance,... are published at leopoldmuseum.org/en/visit/current-information.

Leopold Museum Vienna 'Imagine Tomorrow' (20 Feb - 31 Aug 2020) explores the impact of Egon Schiele on artist and ecological forethinker Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Trees, water, waves depicted in paintings and architecture that integrates nature into urban constructions are signature for Friedensreich Hundertwasser who counts to one of Austria's pioneers of ecological thinking. The name Friedensreich Hundertwasser could be translated as Empire of Peace Hundred Waters - only one version of possible interpretations of the art-name referencing 'Friede' (peace) and 'Wasser' (water). It's a derivation from the artist's original name who was born as Friedrich Stowasser in 1928 in Vienna (bio). Hundertwasser became very popular in Austria and internationally. His colorful paintings full of zest for life inspires until today designers, for example for jewelry and scarves recently mentioned in an article.

Next year from 20 February until 31 August 2020 at the exhibition 'Imagine Tomorrow', Leopold Museum Vienna will provide insights into Friedensreich Hundertwasser's art from a new approach and exhibits the impact of Egon Schiele on his oeuvre. At the announcement at leopoldmuseum.org, a citation from Hundertwasser's text 'I Love Schiele' from 1951 is published (fast checked today): "I often dream like Schiele, my father, about flowers that are red, and birds and flying fish and gardens in velvet and emerald green and human beings who walk, weeping, in red-yellow and ocean-blue."

fig.: Friedensreich Hundertwasser 622. Der Nasenbohrer und die Beweinung Egon Schieles, Lugano, 1965 © Die Hundertwasser gemeinnützige Privatstiftung Wien. Foto: 2019 Namida AG, Glarus, Schweiz © 2019 Namida AG, Glarus, Schweiz.