!!!Hundertwasser, Friedensreich eigentlich Friedrich Stowasser

Hundertwasser, Friedensreich (real name: Friedrich Stowasser), 
b. Vienna, Dec. 15, 1928, d. Feb. 19, 2000 (on board the 
Queen Elizabeth II on a trip from New Zealand to Europe, buried 
in New Zealand). Painter, lived in Vienna, New Zealand, Venice and 
Normandy. In 1948 he studied for 4 months at the Vienna Academy of 
Fine Arts under R. C. Andersen; afterwards undertook several 
journeys, since 1951 member of the Vienna  Art Club; in 1953 made the 
helix the basic form of his paintings; in 1954 developed the artistic 
style "Transautomatismus", and in 1959 founded the "Pintorarium" 
together with E.  Fuchs and A.  Rainer. International break-through at 
the Biennale in Venice in 1962. In his sometimes spectacular manner 
("nudist speeches" etc.) H. has advocated peace, ecology and a form of 
architecture which takes into account human needs and natural 
phenomena; has stood up against the destruction of villages, whaling 
and Austria's entry into the European Union. H. is not only a painter, 
but has also worked as a designer of buildings (H.-Haus, 3%%sup rd/%  
district of Vienna, 1986; parish church in Baernbach, Styria, 1988; 
KunstHaus Wien, 3%%sup rd/%  district of Vienna 1991; District Heating 
Plant Spittelau, 9%%sup th/%  district of Vienna, 1988-1992; Blumau 
Thermal Village, Styria, 1993-1997; etc.), books 
(Brockhaus-Enzyklopaedie, 1989; Bible, 1995), stamps, posters etc. 
From 1981-1997 was in charge of a master class for painting at the 
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; Grand Austrian State Prize in 1980.

!Literature
W. Schmied, H., 1974; W. Schurian, H. - Schoene Wege, 
1983; Das H.-Haus, 1985; W. Koschatzky, F. H., das vollstaendige 
druckgraphische Werk 1951-86, 1986; H., exhibition catalogue, Japan 
1989; H. Rand, F. H., 1991; P. Restany, H., 1998.


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