ARTIST

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

1928–2000 · Austria

The artist who declared straight lines 'godless' and designed Vienna's wildest apartment building for free.

ABOUT

Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (Austrian German: [ˈfriːdn̩sraɪç ˈreːɡn̩taːɡ ˈdʊŋkl̩bʊnt ˈhʊndɐtˌvasɐ]), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. He emigrated to the Far North of New Zealand in the 1970s, where he lived and worked for most of the rest of his life. Hundertwasser stood out as an opponent of "a str…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Shipwreck - The sinking of Venice 1964 · Sprengel Museum Heavy Grass Wind 1968 · Statens Museum for Kunst Three-eyed Buddha with hat, green Sprengel Museum Sun and Moon. The Aztecs Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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