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.

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Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Il rotolante: Der Denker, 1988

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Il rotolante: Der Denker, 1988

Sale Date: November 22, 2012

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Wartende Häuser, 1969

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Wartende Häuser, 1969

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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The Sailor, 1968

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The Sailor, 1968

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Homo Humus, 1984

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Homo Humus, 1984

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

Sale Date: November 25, 2012

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

Sale Date: November 25, 2012

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

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Doodles for Catalogue Raisonné, 2002

Sale Date: November 25, 2012

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Hommage an Schroder, 1972

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Hommage an Schroder, 1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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Homage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern 2, 1972

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Homage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern 2, 1972

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Homage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern 1, 1972

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Homage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern 1, 1972

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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In Gamba, 1987–1989

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In Gamba, 1987–1989

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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10002 Nights Homo Humus Come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 Nights Homo Humus Come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a rainy...

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a rainy...

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh pl.3 (from Look on...

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh pl.3 (from Look on...

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Street for Survivors pl.2 (from Look on , 1971–1972

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Street for Survivors pl.2 (from Look on , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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

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

Sale Date: November 2, 2012

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2 to 13 windows afloat, 1979

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2 to 13 windows afloat, 1979

Sale Date: November 2, 2012

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Spinea 23. February 1987in Gamba, 1987

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Spinea 23. February 1987in Gamba, 1987

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Bleeding Town

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Bleeding Town

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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860 Homo Humus Come Va Nights, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

860 Homo Humus Come Va Nights, 1984

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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