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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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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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

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Look at it on a rainy day (empty portfolio...

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Look at it on a rainy day (empty portfolio...

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

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Die fünfte Augenwaage

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Die fünfte Augenwaage

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Street for survivors (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Street for survivors (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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

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

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Bottlehousebath, 1992–1994

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Bottlehousebath, 1992–1994

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One of five seamen (Il Marinaio), 1975

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One of five seamen (Il Marinaio), 1975

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

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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

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Atterrissage, 1997

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Atterrissage, 1997

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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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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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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La fuite du Dalaï Lama, 1959

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La fuite du Dalaï Lama, 1959

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La fuite du Dalaï Lama, 1959

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La fuite du Dalaï Lama, 1959

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City citizen, 1994

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City citizen, 1994

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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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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