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
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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NACHTZUG, 1978

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NACHTZUG, 1978

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HOMMAGE TO SCHRÖDER-SONNENSTERN, 1972

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HOMMAGE TO SCHRÖDER-SONNENSTERN, 1972

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DER ENDLOSE WEG ZU DIR, 1967

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DER ENDLOSE WEG ZU DIR, 1967

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GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY, 1970

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DIE LETZTEN TRÄNEN, 1979

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DIE LETZTEN TRÄNEN, 1979

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SLOW TRAVEL UNDER THE SUN, 1969

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SLOW TRAVEL UNDER THE SUN, 1969

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AUTOMOBIL IN RICHTUNG NATUR UND SCHÖPFUNG, 1985

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AUTOMOBIL IN RICHTUNG NATUR UND SCHÖPFUNG, 1985

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OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN 1972, 1971

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OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN 1972, 1971

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The House is the Mirror of Man and Woman, 1985

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The House is the Mirror of Man and Woman, 1985

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"Good Moorning City", 1970

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"Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an..., 1964

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"Die Seereise I", 1967

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

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Nachtzug (Night Train), Variant 5 (K. 72), 1978

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Nachtzug (Night Train), Variant 5 (K. 72), 1978

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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CONSERVATION WEEK 1974, NEW ZEALAND, 1974

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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

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Relations of a Spider (from the Nana Hyaku..., 1971

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Relations of a Spider (from the Nana Hyaku..., 1971

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Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden..., 1972

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Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden..., 1972

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Spectacles in the Small Face (from the Nana..., 1968

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Spectacles in the Small Face (from the Nana..., 1968

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