Window out of the Pond
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Lot-No. 411
Proceeds : 2.500 €
1978. Aquatint in colours. 39,5 x 33 cm. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Friedensreich 5. November 1978, num. 138/280 as well as dedicated, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Painter, architect and ecologist, most prominent exponent of the 'Neue Wiener Schule' who became world famous with his organically shaped buildings and his colourful paintings. In 1948 H. studied under R. C. Andersen at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste for three months, 1949 he started using the name 'Hundertwasser', and in 1951 he became a member of the 'Art Club Wien'. H's career was dominated by international exhibitions in France, Italy, Tahiti, Japan, and the USA amongst others. Throughout his career H. received a variety of awards, the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis and the Nature Conservation Price in 1981. Mus.: Wien (Albertina), New York (MoMA) Lit.: Schmied-Fürst: F. H. a. others.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Window out of the Pond
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Window out of the Pond
Lot-No. 411
Proceeds : 2.500 €
1978. Aquatint in colours. 39,5 x 33 cm. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Friedensreich 5. November 1978, num. 138/280 as well as dedicated, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Painter, architect and ecologist, most prominent exponent of the 'Neue Wiener Schule' who became world famous with his organically shaped buildings and his colourful paintings. In 1948 H. studied under R. C. Andersen at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste for three months, 1949 he started using the name 'Hundertwasser', and in 1951 he became a member of the 'Art Club Wien'. H's career was dominated by international exhibitions in France, Italy, Tahiti, Japan, and the USA amongst others. Throughout his career H. received a variety of awards, the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis and the Nature Conservation Price in 1981. Mus.: Wien (Albertina), New York (MoMA) Lit.: Schmied-Fürst: F. H. a. others.
