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)

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 26, 2011

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City man, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

City man, 1984

Sale Date: November 26, 2011

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

Sale Date: November 26, 2011

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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10002 Nights Homo Humos comme va how do you do, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 Nights Homo Humos comme va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Hundertwasser Regentag (10 works)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hundertwasser Regentag (10 works)

Sale Date: November 24, 2011

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1979

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1979

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Good Morning City-Bleeding town, 1969

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City-Bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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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: November 4, 2011

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: November 4, 2011

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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10 002 nights Homo Humus

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10 002 nights Homo Humus

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

Sale Date: November 5, 2011

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Winter lichterloh, 1976

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Winter lichterloh, 1976

Sale Date: November 5, 2011

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Fall in cloud fall in fog fall out (29..., 1973–1978

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fall in cloud fall in fog fall out (29..., 1973–1978

Sale Date: November 5, 2011

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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: October 29, 2011

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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: October 29, 2011

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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Flucht ins All, pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Flucht ins All, pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6 (from Look , 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6 (from Look , 1971

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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Testament in Gelb, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in Gelb, 1970

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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La barca - Regentag, 1969

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La barca - Regentag, 1969

Sale Date: October 29, 2011

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