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)

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 18, 2010

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Straße der Überlebenden pl.2 (from..., 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden pl.2 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Skyscraper and villiage church

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Skyscraper and villiage church

Sale Date: November 21, 2010

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Menschenfreunde (portfolio of 6), 1987

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Menschenfreunde (portfolio of 6), 1987

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Midori No Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1976

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Midori No Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1976

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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

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

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Cyclone Veena, 1983–1987

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Cyclone Veena, 1983–1987

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: November 6, 2010

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Good Morning City. Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City. Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: November 6, 2010

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La Barca. Regentag, 1968–1969

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

La Barca. Regentag, 1968–1969

Sale Date: November 6, 2010

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

Sale Date: November 6, 2010

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Homage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 1, 2010

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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

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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Untitled

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Sale Date: October 28, 2010

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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, 2010

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: October 26, 2010

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Irinaland over the Balkans, pl. 7 (from Look , 1971

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Irinaland over the Balkans, pl. 7 (from Look , 1971

Sale Date: October 26, 2010

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Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from Look at..., 1971

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Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from Look at..., 1971

Sale Date: October 26, 2010

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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 23, 2010

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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