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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Regentag, 1969

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Regentag, 1969

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Goodbye from Africa, 1967

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Goodbye from Africa, 1967

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Rain of blood is falling into the garden, 1972–1973

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Rain of blood is falling into the garden, 1972–1973

Sale Date: December 7, 2011

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Die Nachbarn I - Spiralsonne und Mondhaus, 1967

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Die Nachbarn I - Spiralsonne und Mondhaus, 1967

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Relations of a spider, 1973

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Relations of a spider, 1973

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971

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Das Haus, 2000

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Das Haus, 2000

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10002 Nights - Homo Humus come va how do you , 1984

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10002 Nights - Homo Humus come va how do you , 1984

Sale Date: November 19, 2011

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from..., 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from..., 1971

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Königreich der Toro, 1968

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Königreich der Toro, 1968

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: December 9, 2011

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

Sale Date: December 7, 2011

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Olympische Spiele 1972, 1971

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Olympische Spiele 1972, 1971

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Good morning city, 1971

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Good morning city, 1971

Sale Date: November 28, 2011

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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