Die fünfte Augenwaage
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Lot-No. 59
Proceeds : 1.200 €
1971. Silk screen in colours, lithograph in colours and metal embossing. 49 x 66,5 cm. Lo. le. num. 536/3000, matted and 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, as well as through his lectures, conception of ideas and publication of texts. 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: Die fünfte Augenwaage
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Die fünfte Augenwaage
Lot-No. 59
Proceeds : 1.200 €
1971. Silk screen in colours, lithograph in colours and metal embossing. 49 x 66,5 cm. Lo. le. num. 536/3000, matted and 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, as well as through his lectures, conception of ideas and publication of texts. 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.
