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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien

Sale Date: January 22, 2011

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Five men standing, 1951

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Five men standing, 1951

Sale Date: February 10, 2011

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Contretemps II Berlin - The promise of Berlin, 1965

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Contretemps II Berlin - The promise of Berlin, 1965

Sale Date: February 10, 2011

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Sale Date: December 2, 2008

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Midori no Namida - Tears of green..., 1971–1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Midori no Namida - Tears of green..., 1971–1976

Sale Date: December 1, 2009

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Midori no Namida - Tears of green..., 1971–1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Midori no Namida - Tears of green..., 1971–1976

Sale Date: December 1, 2009

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Street for survivors, pl. 2 (from Look at it on...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Street for survivors, pl. 2 (from Look at it on...

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Good morning city - Bleeding town

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - Bleeding town

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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La route éternelle, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

La route éternelle, 1967

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Good morning city - Bleeding town

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - Bleeding town

Sale Date: September 27, 2010

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Street for survivors, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Street for survivors, 1971–1972

Sale Date: January 16, 2011

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Burning winter, 1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: January 1, 2006

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Grüne Türme in der Sonne, 1964

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Grüne Türme in der Sonne, 1964

Sale Date: December 6, 2010

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Autos - Autofluss, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Autos - Autofluss, 1971

Sale Date: December 6, 2010

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Fall in cloud - fall in fog - fall out (5..., 1980

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fall in cloud - fall in fog - fall out (5..., 1980

Sale Date: November 27, 2010

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Regentag (portfolio of 10), 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag (portfolio of 10), 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 17, 2010

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 17, 2010

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Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 17, 2010

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Genève, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Genève, 1967

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Automobil with red raindrops, 1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Automobil with red raindrops, 1964

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Spirale et maison, 1963

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Spirale et maison, 1963

Sale Date: December 12, 2010

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Pacific Steamer (868A), 1985

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Pacific Steamer (868A), 1985

Sale Date: November 27, 2010

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Irinaland over the Balkan pl.7 (from Look at , 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Irinaland over the Balkan pl.7 (from Look at , 1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2010

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Testament in gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in gelb, 1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2010

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