Hundertwasser (left) 1965 in Hannover

Hundertwasser 1998 in New Zealand

Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (born Friedrich Stowasser, December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian painter, and sculptor. By the end of the 20th century, he was arguably the best-known contemporary Austrian artist, though he was always controversial. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1804x1362, 201 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedensreich Hundertwasser Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1804x1362, 201 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedensreich Hundertwasser Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1758x1758, 390 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedensreich Hundertwasser Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1758x1758, 390 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Friedensreich Hundertwasser Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses , see Painting (disambiguation). ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

Hundertwasser's original, unruly, sometimes shocking artistic vision expressed itself in pictorial art, environmentalism, philosophy, and design of facades, postage stamps, flags, and clothing (among other areas). The common themes in his work are a rejection of the straight line, bright colours, organic forms, a reconciliation of humans with nature, and a strong individualism. He remains sui generis, although his architectural work is comparable to Antoni Gaudí in its biomorphic forms and use of tile. He was inspired by the works of Egon Schiele from an early date, and his style was often compared to that of Gustav Klimt. He was fascinated with spirals, and called straight lines "the devil's tools". He called his theory of art "transautomatism", based on Surrealist automatism, but focusing on the experience of the viewer, rather than the artist. For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... For other uses, see facade (disambiguation). ... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ... For other uses, see Flag (disambiguation). ... Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. ... Sui generis is a (post) Latin expression, literally meaning a scholar like what pradeep is or unique in its characteristics. ... Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Riudoms or Reus, 25 June 1852 – Barcelona, 10 June 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudí – was a Spanish architect from Catalonia, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic... Biomorphism was an art movement of the 20th century. ... Photograph by Anton Josef Trčka Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) (pronounced approximately SHEE-luh) was an Austrian painter, a protege of Gustav Klimt, and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. ... Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Modern style of painting, founded by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ... Headline text Automatism is a surrealist technique involving spontaneous writing, drawing, or the like practiced without conscious aesthetic or moral self-censorship. ...

His adopted surname is based on the translation of Sto (the Czech word for "one hundred") into German. The name Friedensreich has a double meaning as "Peaceland" or "Peacerich" (in the sense of "peaceful"). The other names he chose for himself, Regentag and Dunkelbunt, translate to "Rainy day" and "Darkly multicoloured". His name Friedensreich Hundertwasser means, "Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water". Although Hundertwasser first achieved notoriety for his boldly-coloured paintings, he is more widely renowned today for his revolutionary architectural designs, which incorporate natural features of the landscape, and use of irregular forms in his building design. Hundertwasserhaus, a low-income apartment block in Vienna, features undulating floors ("an uneven floor is a melody to the feet"), a roof covered with earth and grass, and large trees growing from inside the rooms, with limbs extending from windows. He took no payment for the design of Hundertwasserhaus, declaring that it was worth it, to "prevent something ugly from going up in its place". The Hundertwasser House Vienna (German Hundertwasserhaus) is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ...

He felt that standard architecture could not be called art, and declared that the design of any building should be influenced by the aesthetics of its eventual tenants. Hundertwanser was also known for his performance art, in which he would, for instance, appear in public in the nude promoting an ecologically friendly flush-less toilet. This article is about Performance art. ... The word nude may refer to: The state of nudity. ... For other uses, see Toilet (disambiguation). ...

On July 4, 1958 he read his celebrated and controversial Verschimmelungs-Manifest, the so-called Mould Manifesto against rationalism in architecture, in the abbey of Seckau. "A person in a rented apartment must be able to lean out of his window and scrape off the masonry within arm's reach. And he must be allowed to take a long brush and paint everything outside within arm's reach. So that it will be visible from afar to everyone in the street that someone lives there who is different from the imprisoned, enslaved, standardised man who lives next door." is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1972 he published the manifesto Your window right — your tree duty: planting trees in an urban environments was to become obligatory: "If man walks in nature's midst, then he is nature's guest and must learn to behave as a well-brought-up guest."

His work has been used for flags, stamps, coins, posters, schools, churches, a public toilet in Kawakawa in his adopted home of New Zealand, and apartment buildings. His most famous flag is the Koru Flag; he has also designed stamps for the Cape Verde islands and for the United Nations post administration in Geneva on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Koru Flag has been proposed as a secondary flag for New Zealand. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is an advisory declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). ...

In 1999 he started his last project named Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg. Although he never finished this work completely, the building was put up a few years later in Magdeburg, a town in central Germany, and finally opened on October 3, 2005. (German Wikipedia: Hundertwasserhaus) This article is about the German city. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hundertwasser considered New Zealand as his official home, and no matter where he went in the world, his watch was always set to New Zealand time. That finally became the place he was buried after his death at sea on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2000.^{[citation needed]} RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth. ...

Buildings

• Markthalle, Altenrhein, Switzerland
• District Heating Plant Spittelau, Vienna
• Hundertwasser House, Vienna
• Hundertwasserhaus Waldspirale, Darmstadt
• Kindergarten Heddernheim, Frankfurt
• Motorway Restaurant, Bad Fischau, Austria
• Hot Springs Village, Blumau, Styria
• Hundertwasserkirche, Baernbach, Styria
• Wohnen unterm Regenturm, Plochingen, Germany
• Quixote Winery, Napa Valley, (USA), 1992-1999 (his only building in the US)
• Maishima Incineration Plant, Osaka (Japan), 1997-2000
• Public toilet, Kawakawa (NZ), 1999
• Hundertwasser "environmental railway station", Uelzen, 1999-2001
• Die Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, 2003-2005

Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... The Hundertwasser House Vienna (German Hundertwasserhaus) is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Overview of the Waldspirale in Darmstadt. ... For other uses, see Darmstadt (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Styria redirects here. ... Styria redirects here. ... Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the District of Esslingen. ... Napa County is in north-central California Napa Valley is most famous for its wine. ... Osaka )   is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of HonshÅ«. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. ... Kawakawa is a small town in the Northland Region of northern New Zealand. ... Uelzen is a town in Lower Saxony, capital of the district Uelzen. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1144x1756, 3184 KB) Description Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna. ... The Hundertwasser House Vienna (German Hundertwasserhaus) is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ...	Kunsthaus in Vienna Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1144x1756, 3632 KB) Description Kunsthaus in Vienna by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ...	Incinerator works in Vienna Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1144x1756, 3060 KB) Description Incinerator works in Vienna by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. ...	The "Hundertwasserhaus Waldspirale" in Darmstadt Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1025x719, 138 KB) Alexander Deppert I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Grüne Zitadelle in Magdeburg, Germany Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x700, 134 KB) Opis Beschreibung: Grüne Zitadelle in Magdeburg von Friedensreich Hundertwasser Quelle: selbst fotografiert Fotograf/Zeichner: Doris Antony, Berlin Datum der Aufnahme: 14. ... This article is about the German city. ...

Hot springs Blumau (Austria)

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