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

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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 Liebe , 1971

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

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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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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970

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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 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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Fall in Cloud - Fall in Fog - Fall out, 1973–1979

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fall in Cloud - Fall in Fog - Fall out, 1973–1979

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 19, 2008

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht, 1973

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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht, 1973

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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

Sale Date: March 6, 2008

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

Sale Date: February 26, 2008

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

Sale Date: February 26, 2008

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras - Erinnerung an Hannover , 1964

Sale Date: February 26, 2008

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