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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Original Name
Friedrich Stowasser
Birth
Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna, Austria
Death
19 Feb 2000 (aged 71)
At Sea
Burial
Kawakawa, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand Add to Map
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Controversial Austrian Painter and Architect. He claimed that straight lines were an invention of the devil. Among others he built the "Hundertwasserhaus" in Vienna. The name he gave himself means something like "Empire of Peace Hundred Waters". He owned property on New Zealand and was to be buried there in his "Garden of the Happy Dead." He died while aboard the ship Queen Elizabeth II in the Pacific Ocean.
Controversial Austrian Painter and Architect. He claimed that straight lines were an invention of the devil. Among others he built the "Hundertwasserhaus" in Vienna. The name he gave himself means something like "Empire of Peace Hundred Waters". He owned property on New Zealand and was to be buried there in his "Garden of the Happy Dead." He died while aboard the ship Queen Elizabeth II in the Pacific Ocean.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Mar 6, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8730/friedensreich-hundertwasser: accessed ), memorial page for Friedensreich Hundertwasser (15 Dec 1928–19 Feb 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8730, citing Hundertwasser Estate, Kawakawa, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand; Maintained by Find a Grave.