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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2008

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A Rainy Day on the Regentag #5 (from..., 1972

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A Rainy Day on the Regentag #5 (from..., 1972

Sale Date: August 4, 2012

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Hommage To Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage To Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: August 4, 2012

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Olympische Spiele Munchen and Untitled (2..., 1971

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Olympische Spiele Munchen and Untitled (2..., 1971

Sale Date: August 4, 2012

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Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1971

Sale Date: August 4, 2012

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Regentag auf liebe wellen, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf liebe wellen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: July 3, 2012

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A Rainy Day on the Regentag, #5 from..., 1972

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A Rainy Day on the Regentag, #5 from..., 1972

Sale Date: June 16, 2012

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Untitled

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Regen auf Regentag, Pl. 5 aus look at..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regen auf Regentag, Pl. 5 aus look at..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: July 7, 2012

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In Gamba

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: July 7, 2012

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Good Morning City

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Homo humus

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: June 26, 2012

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Irinaland über dem Balkan (from Look at , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Irinaland über dem Balkan (from Look at , 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 27, 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: June 27, 2012

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München 1972..., 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München 1972..., 1972

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Bärnbacher Andacht, 1987

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Bärnbacher Andacht, 1987

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Do not wait houses - move, 1989

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Il rotolante - Der Schläfer, 1985

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Il rotolante - Der Schläfer, 1985

Sale Date: June 27, 2012

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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One of five seamen, erschienen, 1975

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One of five seamen, erschienen, 1975

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: June 17, 2012

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