Hundertwasser, Friedensreich

1928-2000
Hundertwasser, Friedensreich Biography

Austrian painter and architect, whose decorative abstract style follows in the art nouveau tradition of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. His hypnotic, sometimes whimsical work shows an almost obsessional preoccupation with spiral forms: Buildings, landscapes, and human shapes are all transformed into abstract dynamic spirals. His coloring shows Asian and Persian influence, concentrating on gold and silver and especially on phosphorescent red and green.

Hundertwasserhaus, a residential block in Vienna that opened in 1986. Hundertwasser, who expressed his unconventional views in the 1958 "Mouldiness Manifesto," was admitted to the Art Club of Vienna in 1951 and awarded the Austrian State Prize in 1980.

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