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)

La Barca - Regentag, Slow Travel under the Sun, 1969

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

La Barca - Regentag, Slow Travel under the Sun, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2008

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125a, 1976

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Sale Date: November 12, 2008

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Bottlehousebath, 1992–1994

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Bottlehousebath, 1992–1994

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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A rainy day on the Regentag, pl.5 (from , 1971–1972

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A rainy day on the Regentag, pl.5 (from , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 5, 2008

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Sad not so sad is rainshine (from Rainday on , 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sad not so sad is rainshine (from Rainday on , 1968

Sale Date: November 5, 2008

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Good Morning City (from W W), 1970

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Good Morning City (from W W), 1970

Sale Date: October 31, 2008

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One of five seamen, 1975

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Wiesenmann, 1974

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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2 bis 13 schwimmende Fenster, 1979

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2 bis 13 schwimmende Fenster, 1979

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1970–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1970–1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnnerung an..., 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnnerung an..., 1964

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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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 28, 2008

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Testament in gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in gelb, 1971

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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