Montblanc turns to the eccentric styles of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser for inspiration in its latest fountain pen collection – a limited edition in solid yellow gold of 100 pieces.

Hundertwasser (1928 – 2000) was never one to shy away from controversy. He had an affinity for spirals, curves, and bright colors, and an equal disdain for straight lines, even going so far as to call them “the devil’s tools”.

He started with paintings and performance art but graduated to architectural designs in his later years. One of his most outrageous designs was a low-income apartment block in Vienna named after him – the Hundertwasserhaus – which had uneven floors, grass roof and huge trees growing out from its interiors.

The Montblanc Limited Edition “Friedensreich Hundertwasser” celebrates the artist’s attributes in the form of spirals, matt patterns, and blue lacquer inlays that decorate the irregular hexagonal pen cap and body. Colorful stones adorn the top of the cap. The pen clip has a scarlet tipped spiral at the end. Hundertwasser’s quirky architectural designs appear as engravings on the 18-carat gold nib.