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
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Schneckenhäuser mit schwarzem Rauch, 1996

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Schneckenhäuser mit schwarzem Rauch, 1996

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Save the whales, 1982

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Save the whales, 1982

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1971

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1971

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl. 7 (from..., 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl. 7 (from..., 1971

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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: April 28, 2012

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Flucht ins All

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Flucht ins All

Sale Date: March 15, 2012

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Regentag Portfolio (portfolio of 10), 1971–1972

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Regentag Portfolio (portfolio of 10), 1971–1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: March 28, 2012

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Regentag-Sonnenstern 11.9.1972-80 birthday

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Regentag-Sonnenstern 11.9.1972-80 birthday

Sale Date: March 25, 2012

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Untitled (from Regentag), 1971

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Untitled (from Regentag), 1971

Sale Date: March 29, 2012

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: March 31, 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: March 24, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: March 24, 2012

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

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

Sale Date: March 24, 2012

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Des Manderins Lied vom weissen Nebel, 1992

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Des Manderins Lied vom weissen Nebel, 1992

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Pazifischer Regentropfen auf Tahiti, 1989

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Pazifischer Regentropfen auf Tahiti, 1989

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser..., 1987

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser..., 1987

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser..., 1987

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser..., 1987

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser (Red..., 1987

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser (Red..., 1987

Sale Date: March 22, 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: March 22, 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: March 22, 2012

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Die letzten Tränen, 1980

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die letzten Tränen, 1980

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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