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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

1928 - 2000

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Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (German: [ˈfʁiːdn̩sˌʁaɪ̯x ˈʁeːgn̩ˌtaːk ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌbʊnt ˈhʊndɐtˌvasɐ]), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. He emigrated to the Far North of New Zealand in the 1970s, where he lived and worked for most of the rest of his life. Hundertwasser stood out as an opponent of "a straight line" and any standardization, expressing this concept in the field of building design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedensreich Hundertwasser has received more than 1,554,891 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Friedensreich Hundertwasser is the 36th most popular architect (down from 34th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Austria (up from 104th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Architect.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was a painter, architect, and environmentalist. He is most famous for his paintings and architecture.

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  • 67.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Friedensreich Hundertwasser ranks 36 out of 518. Before him are Adolf Loos, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Peter Behrens, Carlo Maderno, Ictinus, and Tadao Ando. After him are Rem Koolhaas, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Hippodamus of Miletus, I. M. Pei, Kenzō Tange, and Callicrates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Friedensreich Hundertwasser ranks 25. Before him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Didi, Jeanne Moreau, Yves Klein, Alexander Grothendieck, and Jean-Marie Le Pen. After him are Shirley Temple, James Coburn, Kim Yong-nam, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, and Martin Cooper. Among people deceased in 2000, Friedensreich Hundertwasser ranks 11. Before him are Roger Vadim, Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, and Stanley Matthews. After him are Vittorio Gassman, Abulfaz Elchibey, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Louis Néel, Lída Baarová, and Gherman Titov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friedensreich Hundertwasser ranks 98 out of 1,424. Before him are Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), Maximilian Schell (1930), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Milutin Milanković (1879), Fritz Pregl (1869), and Heinrich Harrer (1912). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), Maria von Trapp (1905), Josef Breuer (1842), Saint Florian (250), and Josef Strauss (1827).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Friedensreich Hundertwasser ranks 2. Before him are Otto Wagner (1841). After him are Richard Neutra (1892), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Hans Hollein (1934), Camillo Sitte (1843), Ettore Sottsass (1917), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Josef Frank (1885), Christopher Alexander (1936), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

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