At the weekend, the two groups from Szeged visited the Hundertwasser exhibition and an interactive reptile show.
The exhibition was held in one of the most beautiful buildings in Szeged. It had been designed and built by the engineer Reök Istváv. The children enjoyed looking at colourful art works, copper engravings, xylographs (engravings on wood) and aquarelles (printed pictures, watercoloured manually). The collection of Chinese ceramics, banners/placards and a special Hundertwasser stamp collection enchanted them.
Hundertwasser was born in 1928 under his original name, Friedrich Stowasser. He was a painter, architect and philosopher. His central doctrine was that art is a bridge between people and nature.
After the exhibition, a lecture was given which inspired the children to draw with crayons and coloured pictures, using the displayed pictures as reference guides.
We finished the day by visiting a show where the children could observe over forty different kinds of reptiles including a variety of snakes and crocodiles. Here we learnt about their natural living habits, such as what they eat and where they live. Everyone agreed that it had been an enjoyable and productive day!