This piece of artwork, which is called “Song of the Whales”, is one of three prints in a triptych made by Friedenscreich Hundertwasser, carved in Tokyo/Vienna from 1978-1979. The materials used were a Japanese woodcut in 34 colours in two versions; blue 1-150 and green 151-250. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1928 with the name Friedrich Stowasser. In 1948, he changed his name to Friedenscreich Hundertwasser, which means “Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water” because of his passion for greenpeace. He died on the 18th of February 2000 and was buried in the Garden of the Happy Dead under a tulip tree on his land in New Zealand.

In this artwork, there are people’s faces with unusually shaped bodies. Hovering above them are three dark tadpole shapes which are whales. Two of the whales are entering on the right side of the picture. These objects are in the foreground. In th

My opinion of “Song of the Whales” is that it does carry out a message effectively but I don’t particularly like it. It was a very original piece of work. At first, I couldn’t figure out what the objects were as they were unusual. The colours are dull but are relevant and added more feeling to the print.

e middle ground there are square objects which most resemble windows. The background is made up of stripes running horizontally across the picture and at the bottom there is a thick dark stripe. All the objects in this print are outlined with a black line. None off these lines are ruled lines as Friedenscreich Hundertwasser believes they are “unhealthy”¹. The shapes are unusual but still represent what they are supposed to be. “His use of colour is bold, and he has a strong sense of which colours work well together”² The main colours used are different tones of green. The whales are dark brown, the people are

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