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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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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L'expulsion, 1967

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L'expulsion, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Das Fensterrecht, pl.1 (from Joy of man), 1986

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Das Fensterrecht, pl.1 (from Joy of man), 1986

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Der Gesang der Wale, 1979

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Der Gesang der Wale, 1979

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The Kuru flag, 1986

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The Kuru flag, 1986

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Look at it on a rainy day (The Regentag...

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Look at it on a rainy day (The Regentag...

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Midori no namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

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Midori no namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (portfolio of 7), 1966–1972

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (portfolio of 7), 1966–1972

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961

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Look at it on a rainy day (from..., 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (from..., 1971–1972

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Good morning city, 1970

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Good morning city, 1970

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Homage à Schröder-Sonnerstern

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Homage à Schröder-Sonnerstern

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Look at it on a rainy day (Cover), 1971

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Look at it on a rainy day (Cover), 1971

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Fenêtre extrovertie, 1963

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Fenêtre extrovertie, 1963

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Blue vortex with teeth, 1955

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Blue vortex with teeth, 1955

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day..., 1971–1972

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day..., 1971–1972

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Window into the pond, 1978

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Window into the pond, 1978

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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

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La lune en rodage, 1953

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La lune en rodage, 1953

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