Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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Frieden­sre­ich HUNDERTWASSER (Friedrich Stowass­er) was born on Decem­ber 15, 1928 in Vien­na. 1948 three-month stud­ies at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Vien­na. From 1949 onwards he start­ed trav­el­ing exten­sive­ly and devel­oped his own style. From 1951 mem­ber of the Vien­na “Art Club”. 1953 Dis­cov­ery of the spi­ral as a fun­da­men­tal form of his paint­ing. 1954 devel­op­ment of “transautoma­tism” as an art the­o­ry and 1958 co-founder of the “Pino­tar­i­um”, a uni­ver­sal acad­e­my of all cre­ative direc­tions. 1962 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Venice Bien­nale. In addi­tion to paint­ing, he works as a design­er of build­ings, books, postage stamps and posters. Great Aus­tri­an State Prize 1980. With the ship “Regen­tag”, which was con­vert­ed from 1968 to 1972, Hun­dert­wass­er crossed the Atlantic and sails into the Pacif­ic via the Caribbean and the Pana­ma Canal. 1981 appoint­ment to the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Vien­na. The artist lives in Vien­na, New Zealand, Venice and Nor­mandy. He died on Feb­ru­ary 19, 2000 in the Pacif­ic Ocean, on board the Queen Eliz­a­beth 2. 1974 — first exhi­bi­tion at the Welz gallery.

Frieden­sre­ich HUNDERTWASSER (Friedrich Stowass­er) was born on Decem­ber 15, 1928 in Vien­na. 1948 three-month stud­ies at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Vien­na. From 1949 onwards he start­ed trav­el­ing exten­sive­ly and devel­oped his own style. From 1951 mem­ber of the Vien­na “Art Club”. 1953 Dis­cov­ery of the spi­ral as a fun­da­men­tal form of his paint­ing. 1954 devel­op­ment of “transautoma­tism” as an art the­o­ry and 1958 co-founder of the “Pino­tar­i­um”, a uni­ver­sal acad­e­my of all cre­ative direc­tions. 1962 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Venice Bien­nale. In addi­tion to paint­ing, he works as a design­er of build­ings, books, postage stamps and posters. Great Aus­tri­an State Prize 1980. With the ship “Regen­tag”, which was con­vert­ed from 1968 to 1972, Hun­dert­wass­er crossed the Atlantic and sails into the Pacif­ic via the Caribbean and the Pana­ma Canal. 1981 appoint­ment to the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, Vien­na. The artist lives in Vien­na, New Zealand, Venice and Nor­mandy. He died on Feb­ru­ary 19, 2000 in the Pacif­ic Ocean, on board the Queen Eliz­a­beth 2. 1974 — first exhi­bi­tion at the Welz gallery.

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