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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Testament in Gelb, 1970

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Testament in Gelb, 1970

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town (+..., 1967–1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town (+..., 1967–1970

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: December 1, 2009

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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In Gamba, 1990

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In Gamba, 1990

Sale Date: December 1, 2009

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Flucht mit durchbohrter Spirale - Dalai Lama, 1958

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Flucht mit durchbohrter Spirale - Dalai Lama, 1958

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Good morning tity tleeding town, 1969

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Good morning tity tleeding town, 1969

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Schnee, 1988

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Schnee, 1988

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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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: December 3, 2009

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Crusade of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

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Crusade of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Yellow last will, 1971

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Yellow last will, 1971

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Arabian woman, 1955

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Arabian woman, 1955

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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The Garden of the happy Deaths

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The Garden of the happy Deaths

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Hundertwasser Regentag (bk w/ 1 work and 1...

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Hundertwasser Regentag (bk w/ 1 work and 1...

Sale Date: November 25, 2009

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10002 nights: Homo humus come va, 1984

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10002 nights: Homo humus come va, 1984

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Regentag auf liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971

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Regentag auf liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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