194 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser 1928 Vienna – 2000 aboard the Queen Elizabeth II – “Doodle for Catalogue Raisonné” – (2001) color etching on paper. 1514/2000. 17.5 x 13.4 cm, 25 x 20.5 cm. 28.5 x 25 cm (dimensions with frame). Signature stamp lower right: Estate / Friedensreich Hundertwasser / ESTATE. Framed with the entire image under glass. - Lit.: Fürst, Andrea Christa. Hundertwasser. 1928–2000. Catalog Raisonné. Vol. II. Cologne 2002, No. 939. In 1949, he dropped out of his painting studies after three months at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. From 1981 to 1997, he served as professor and head of the painting department there. The pacifist and environmental activist realized numerous international construction projects in his unmistakable style, through which he opposed rationalism in architecture. In his paintings, the spiral became an important motif. Hundertwasser received numerous awards.