Friedrich Stowasser Hundertwasser Austria, New Zealand, 1928-2000
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About Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedrich Hundertwasser was born in Vienna, Austria in 1928 as Friedrich Stowasser. He finished his schooling in 1948 and spent three months at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna before dropping out of formal art education after only three months. In 1949 he changed his last name to Hundertwasser. He travelled widely spending time in Morocco, Tunis, Paris and the Toscana from 1949-1952, which influenced his art and architecture for the rest of his life. After a successful international career as an artist, designer and architect, Hundertwasser spent most of the last 30 years of his life living and working in Northland and became a New Zealand citizen.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Friedrich Hundertwasser from 1988 and in total 145 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 118 (81%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,917 for The Regentag Portfolio - Look at it on a Rainy Day sold by Webb's in April 2003. This year 8 works have been offered for sale. Works by Friedrich Hundertwasser are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art and Auckland Art Gallery.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 124
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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