Hundertwasser

Hundertwasser, professional name of Friedrich Stowasser (1928-2000), Austrian graphic artist and painter, whose decorative abstract style followed in the Secessionist (Art Nouveau) tradition of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. His hypnotic, sometimes whimsical work showed an almost obsessional preoccupation with spiral forms: buildings, landscapes, and human shapes were all transformed into abstract dynamic spirals. His colouring showed Asian and Persian influence, concentrating on gold and silver and especially on phosphorescent red and green.