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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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Burning winter (Winter lichterloh), 1976

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Burning winter (Winter lichterloh), 1976

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Haus und Spirale im Regen, 1962

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Haus und Spirale im Regen, 1962

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Ohne Titel

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Hommage á Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern and Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage á Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 10, 2012

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Snowy Day, 1971

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Snowy Day, 1971

Sale Date: September 21, 2008

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Die Araberin, 1955

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Die Araberin, 1955

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970

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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Fall in cloud - Fall in fog - Fall out, 1973–1978

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fall in cloud - Fall in fog - Fall out, 1973–1978

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Gib acht wenn Du über die Prärie gehst, 1976

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Gib acht wenn Du über die Prärie gehst, 1976

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

Sale Date: September 26, 2012

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Look at it on a rainy day (Regentag..., 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (Regentag..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Dreamer, 1985

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Dreamer, 1985

Sale Date: September 13, 2012

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Creeper, 1985

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Creeper, 1985

Sale Date: September 13, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: September 7, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München (Poster version), 1972

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Olympische Spiele München (Poster version), 1972

Sale Date: August 26, 2012

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern (poster..., 1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern (poster..., 1972

Sale Date: August 26, 2012

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Good Morning

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning

Sale Date: August 12, 2012

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