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

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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La Barca - Regentag, 1969

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La Barca - Regentag, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 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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Die Augen des Macchu Picchú, 1966

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Die Augen des Macchu Picchú, 1966

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1959–1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1959–1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Mappe des Wiener Art Club (portfolio of 10,...

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Mappe des Wiener Art Club (portfolio of 10,...

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Quadratischer Hundertwasser Wellenkopf, 1978

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Quadratischer Hundertwasser Wellenkopf, 1978

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from..., 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from..., 1971–1972

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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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