Little Palace of Illness
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Lot-No. 391
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1970. Woodcut in colours/japan paper. 34 x 24 cm. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Hundertwasser 1970 as well as num. 199/200, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. From the cycle 'Nana Hyaku Mizu' - Literature: HWG 38 - 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: Little Palace of Illness
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Wien 1928 - vor Australien 2000)
Little Palace of Illness
Lot-No. 391
Proceeds : 1.900 €
1970. Woodcut in colours/japan paper. 34 x 24 cm. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Hundertwasser 1970 as well as num. 199/200, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. From the cycle 'Nana Hyaku Mizu' - Literature: HWG 38 - 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.
