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

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Aerobic-Church

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Aerobic-Church

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Satisfied Sun

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Satisfied Sun

Sale Date: October 25, 2012

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Regentag auf liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Good morning City, 1970

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Good morning City, 1970

Sale Date: October 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: October 20, 2012

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Good Morning City (Bleeding Town), 1970–1971

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Good Morning City (Bleeding Town), 1970–1971

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Good morning city (Bleeding town), 1969–1970

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Good morning city (Bleeding town), 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Do not wait houses - move, 1989

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen pl.8 (from Look at , 1970

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen pl.8 (from Look at , 1970

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Automobil in Richtung Natur und Schöpfung, 1987

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Automobil in Richtung Natur und Schöpfung, 1987

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

Sale Date: October 20, 2012

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Hommage à Shröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Shröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 4, 2004

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Slow Travel Under the Sun, 1969

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Slow Travel Under the Sun, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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Schuhsohlenplakat: Große Frau mit Schuhen, 1952

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Schuhsohlenplakat: Große Frau mit Schuhen, 1952

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Regen auf Regentag (Blatt 5 der Folge..., 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag (Blatt 5 der Folge..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (Blatt 1 der..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (Blatt 1 der..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Straße der Überlebenden (Blatt 2 der..., 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden (Blatt 2 der..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Regentag Portfolio (set of 10), 1971–1972

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Regentag Portfolio (set of 10), 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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