Friedensreich Hundertwasser

(Austrian, 1928–2000)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and designer whose passion for spirals and arabesque lines was largely inspired by Viennese Secessionists like Gustav Klimt. “Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines,” he critiqued of the man-made world. “If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting.” Born Friedensreich Stowasser on December 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria, he and his mother barely avoided persecution from the Nazi regime during World War II. After the war, the artist briefly enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Art before dropping out to travel extensively throughout Europe and Asia. As a designer in the 1950s, he undertook several large-scale architectural projects, including his famed Hundertwasserhaus. In the early 1970s, Hundertwasser purchased a number of properties in New Zealand where he would live out the remainder of his career. An outspoken activist against nuclear technology and pollution, the artist continued his involvement through the following decades. Hundertwasser passed away on February 19, 2000 while aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on its voyage from New Zealand to Europe. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Rain in the Meadow, 1961

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Rain in the Meadow, 1961

Sale Date: February 13, 2013

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It Hurts to Wait with Love if Love is..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

It Hurts to Wait with Love if Love is..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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Exodus into space, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Exodus into space, 1971–1972

Sale Date: January 12, 2013

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Good Morning City bleeding town, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City bleeding town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: January 12, 2013

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Untitled

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: December 18, 2012

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

Sale Date: December 20, 2012

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Spiralental bowl, 1975–1999

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Spiralental bowl, 1975–1999

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Blumenhaus

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Homo Humus, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Homo Humus, 1984

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Hommage á Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern and Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage á Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 3, 2012

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Look at it on a rainy day

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day

Sale Date: December 3, 2012

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One out of Five Seamen (Il Marinaio, plate II)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

One out of Five Seamen (Il Marinaio, plate II)

Sale Date: December 4, 2012

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Silent Steamer, 1994

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Silent Steamer, 1994

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten pl.6..., 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten pl.6..., 1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 26, 2012

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L'Expulsion, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

L'Expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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A Rainy Day on the Regentag #5 (from Look at , 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

A Rainy Day on the Regentag #5 (from Look at , 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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