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.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Regentag - Look at it on a Rainy Day..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag - Look at it on a Rainy Day..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 1, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1957

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Ohne Titel, 1957

Sale Date: October 23, 2007

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 19, 2007

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971–1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 19, 2007

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City citizen, 1994

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City citizen, 1994

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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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: October 27, 2007

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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One of five seamen, 1975

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One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Two clouds raining seven colours, pl. 1..., 1972

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Two clouds raining seven colours, pl. 1..., 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl. , 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl. , 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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

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

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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

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

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (+..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (+..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1964

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Die Flucht des Dalaï-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalaï-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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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

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 11, 2007

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: October 9, 2007

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1953–1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen (on 2..., 1953–1964

Sale Date: September 26, 2007

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Blumenhaus, 1983

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Blumenhaus, 1983

Sale Date: June 8, 2004

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