Description
Hippo Feeling, Pygmy Hippopotamus, oil on canvas
100 x 50 cm
Creation year
1970
First exhibited at the Helmhaus Zurich in the 1970 WWF Exhibition
With this picture, Fritz has succeeded in perfectly expressing the almost contagious calm and contentment of the little hippo. The picture was very popular with the audience, and it also inspired the Minstrels, a popular Swiss folk band at the time, to their song “That Hippo Feeling”.