1952 First exhibition in Vienna’s Art Club

Following Austria’s annexation by National Socialist Germany, forced move to aunt and grandmother on Obere Donaustrasse

69 Jewish family members deported and murdered

Graduation from school (“university entrance certificate”). Spends three months at Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts

Renames himself Hundertwasser. Begins extensive travels. Develops own style

Born Friedrich Stowasser on 15th December in Vienna