 
Friedensreich
Hundertwasser (1928-2000)
In 1948 Friendensreich Hundertwasser
studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for 4 months. A
year later he changed his name to Friedensreich Hundertwasser,
which means "full-of-peace hundred-water". From
1949 to 1952 he undertook many journeys to North Africa and
Paris, where he started to deal with the paintings of Gustav
Klimt, Paul Klee and others. In 1962 Hundertwasser had his
international break through at the Biennale in Venice. Around
this time he also made ideological statements, with his famous
nudist speeches and his call for peace, ecology and new forms
of architecture. Not unlike the artists of the Session Movement,
he saw art as a decoration. Hundertwasser got even more famous
as an architect. From 1986 to 1991 he planned and realised
different buildings, like the Hundertwasser Haus and the front
of the Heating Plant Spittelau.
Famous work: "Hundertwasserhaus"
opened 1986; "30 Day Fax Picture" 1994 |
