F. Hundertwasser - Tropical Chinese - Framed print 40 x 50 cm

Main works

The Great Path (1955): a monumental painting of 1.62m x 1.60m dominated by spirals, a recurring symbol in his work.
Hundertwasser's architecture: He designed several famous buildings, including the Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna (1986), characterized by colorful facades, curved lines, and green roofs.
He also created the Koru, a flag for New Zealand in 1983.

Artistic movements

Friedensreich Hundertwasser is an Austrian artist primarily associated with the expressionist art movement and environmental art. He also left a significant mark in organic architecture.

Inspiration, influence

Influenced by artists like Gustav Klimt and the surrealists, Hundertwasser managed to combine his artistic work with his ecological concerns. His works highlight a fusion of bright and vibrant colors and organic forms, often dominated by the spiral, which he considers as the symbol of nature.

His contemporaries

Among his contemporaries, we find the artist René Brô, with whom he travels, and personalities from the Viennese artistic scene of the post-war period.

To keep in mind

Hundertwasser's works are characterized by bright colors, wavy shapes, and a rejection of straight lines. Nature plays a central role in his artistic philosophy and architecture, where he promotes green roofs and sustainability.
He made the spiral his personal symbol, representing for him the connection between birth and death.
His architecture and art often focused on human well-being, symbiosis with nature, and the fight against the cold rationalism of modern cities.