Who is Hundertwasser?
Official site: www.hundertwasser.at Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born New Zealand artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. Hundertwasser (German for “hundred waters”) is a pseudonym; he was born Friedrich Stowasser.
Who is Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser?
… Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian-born New Zealand artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. Hundertwasser (German for “hundred waters”) is a pseudonym; he was born Friedrich Stowasser.
What is the Hundertwasser incident?
In 1989 Hundertwasser collected signatures for their concern with the licence plate committe. A bus with a big increased Hundertwasser licence plate (adapted for each federal state) drove across Austria. Paints in Waldviertel, Lower Austria.
What does Friedensreich Hundertwasser mean?
His adopted surname is based on the translation of “sto” (the Slavic word for “(one) hundred”) into German. The name Friedensreich has a double meaning as “Peace-realm” or “Peace-rich” (in the sense of “peaceful”). Therefore, his name Friedensreich Hundertwasser translates directly into English as “Peace-Realm Hundred-Water”.
What is Hundertwasser Day and when is it?
Mayor Marion Barry declared 18 November to be Hundertwasser Day as a result. Hundertwasser planted trees in Judiciary Square and advocated on behalf of a co-op apartment owner who was taken to court for installing a bay window. In 1982, Hundertwasser’s only child, his daughter Heidi Trimmel, was born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib4hpFjHhss
What is Hundertwasser’s aim in making graphic art?
It was Hundertwasser’s aim to make many different unique pieces within the art of the graphic, in his aspiration to overcome the chain production by the machine, to produce creative individuality thereby going beyond machine reproduction.