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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Columbus rainy day in India, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Columbus rainy day in India, 1971

Sale Date: June 3, 2007

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Composition

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: March 27, 2012

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

Sale Date: August 3, 2008

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Österreichische Eindrücke, no. 236, 1967

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Österreichische Eindrücke, no. 236, 1967

Sale Date: February 14, 2012

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Zierteller Spiralental, 1983

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Zierteller Spiralental, 1983

Sale Date: February 14, 2012

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Waves of love, 1972

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Waves of love, 1972

Sale Date: May 2, 2010

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Exodus into space, 1972

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Exodus into space, 1972

Sale Date: May 2, 2010

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Crusade of the crossroaders, 1972

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Crusade of the crossroaders, 1972

Sale Date: December 13, 2009

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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: February 4, 2012

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Bleeding town, 1970

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Bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: December 28, 2011

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, Opus 715, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, Opus 715, 1972

Sale Date: January 9, 2012

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2009

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 15, 2011

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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: December 16, 2011

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Good morning city - Bleeding city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 16, 2011

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Regen auf Regentag (A rainy day on the..., 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag (A rainy day on the..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Widow spiral, 1978

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Widow spiral, 1978

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Royaume des toro, 1968

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Royaume des toro, 1968

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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Good morning city - Bleeding town (from O), 1969

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Good morning city - Bleeding town (from O), 1969

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

Sale Date: December 6, 2011

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Senza titolo (La lune en rodage), 1961

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Senza titolo (La lune en rodage), 1961

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie K, 1969–1971

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie K, 1969–1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie F, 1971

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie F, 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie S, 1969

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Goodmorning City, Bleeding Town, serie S, 1969

Sale Date: December 1, 2011

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