Hundertwasser photographed in a window


Friedensreich Hundertwasser 
(originally Friedrich Stowasser)
15th December 1928 - 19th February 2000

Hundertwasser at the building site of KunstHausWien, May 1990.

His Life And Work On Paintings And Stamps

Hundertwasser is one of the most popular and at the same time most underrated artists of our time. There are many reasons for this gap between popularity and critical acclaim, the discrepancy between the spread versus the repute of his work. One of the main ones may be his popularity itself - the reasons for it and the skepticism which the popularity of any contemporary artist evokes almost as a matter of course in professional experts on modern art.  Please click on any link below to see the stamps from the individual countries, and please point your mouse to the stamps for further information. 

In opposition to most art stamps, Hundertwasser's stamps generally do not show reproductions of his existing art works, but are original designs for the stamps.  In the few cases where an existing art work is the basis for the stamp, it is particularly mentioned on the individual pages. A Hundertwasser stamp is therefore an original work of art, which is most likely to raise in value as times go by.

Complete list of Hundertwasser Stamps World Wide

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Non philatelic illustrations:  Hundertwasser Catalogue, Kunsthaus Wien, 1999 

 

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First published August 2000.  Last revised on 12.15.00
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