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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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

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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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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl.7 (from Look at it

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl.7 (from Look at it

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1 (from Regentag), 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1 (from Regentag), 1971

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Good morning city (from S), 1970

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Good morning city (from S), 1970

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Fall in Cloud - Fall in Fog -Fall Out, 1979

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Fall in Cloud - Fall in Fog -Fall Out, 1979

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

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The journey I, 1967

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The journey I, 1967

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Window into the pond, 1978

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Window into the pond, 1978

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Take care when you walk over the prairie (+..., 1976

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Take care when you walk over the prairie (+..., 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

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Yellow last will, 1971

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Yellow last will, 1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

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Slow travel under the sun, 1969

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Slow travel under the sun, 1969

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

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Automobil with red raindrops (on 2 joined..., 1964

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Automobil with red raindrops (on 2 joined..., 1964

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

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

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