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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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on joined..., 1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on joined..., 1964

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Figur und Spirale, 1953

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Figur und Spirale, 1953

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Haus im wind no.1, 1962

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Haus im wind no.1, 1962

Sale Date: October 15, 2010

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Blumenhaus, 1981–1983

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Blumenhaus, 1981–1983

Sale Date: October 21, 2010

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Good morning bleeding town (+..., 1970–1972

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Good morning bleeding town (+..., 1970–1972

Sale Date: October 17, 2010

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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: October 30, 2010

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Never forget a red garden house, 1975

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Never forget a red garden house, 1975

Sale Date: October 5, 2010

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Exodus into space (from Look at in on a rainy day)

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Exodus into space (from Look at in on a rainy day)

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Good morning city

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Good morning city

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Irinaland over the Balkans (from Look at it on a

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Irinaland over the Balkans (from Look at it on a

Sale Date: September 25, 2010

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 20, 2010

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

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

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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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: October 5, 2010

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 5, 2010

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Das Fensterrecht, 1987

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Das Fensterrecht, 1987

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Untitled pl. 6-10 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Untitled pl. 6-10 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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