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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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: August 27, 2007

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Spiralental, 1983

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Spiralental, 1983

Sale Date: July 18, 2007

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Homo Humus come va 10001 nights

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Homo Humus come va 10001 nights

Sale Date: June 18, 2007

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Look at it on a rainy day (complete box of..., 1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (complete box of..., 1972

Sale Date: June 27, 2007

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Good Morning City, bleeding town, 1970

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Good Morning City, bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: June 28, 2007

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Éléphant blanc, Venice, Gidecca, 1966

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Éléphant blanc, Venice, Gidecca, 1966

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Regentag auf liebe Wellen (from Regentag), 1971–1972

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Regentag auf liebe Wellen (from Regentag), 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Il Rototante, 1988

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Il Rototante, 1988

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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City man, 1984

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City man, 1984

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Die fünfte Augenwage

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Die fünfte Augenwage

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Regen auf Regentag

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Regen auf Regentag

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Strasse der Ueberlebenden

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Strasse der Ueberlebenden

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Labyrinthe (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1975

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Labyrinthe (+ 3 others; 4 works), 1975

Sale Date: June 16, 2007

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Regentag

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Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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

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

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Testament in gelb, 1970

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Testament in gelb, 1970

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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Green Power, 1972

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Green Power, 1972

Sale Date: June 12, 2007

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