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)

Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Bärnbacher Ansicht im Schnee, 1987–1988

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Bärnbacher Ansicht im Schnee, 1987–1988

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 w/title & , 1966–1972

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 w/title & , 1966–1972

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (portfolio of 7 w/index..., 1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (portfolio of 7 w/index..., 1973

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weissen Nebel, 1992

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weissen Nebel, 1992

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Der Abendländer, 1978

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Der Abendländer, 1978

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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One of five seamen, 1975

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One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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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

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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Senza titolo, 1960

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Senza titolo, 1960

Sale Date: May 21, 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: May 30, 2007

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1978

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1978

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1972

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Two clouds raining seven colours (from..., 1976

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Two clouds raining seven colours (from..., 1976

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Sonnenuntergang (from Midori No Namida), 1966

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Sonnenuntergang (from Midori No Namida), 1966

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Peinture sur ancien Rainer II/Painting on an , 1958

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Peinture sur ancien Rainer II/Painting on an , 1958

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Lila Dampfer, 1961

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Lila Dampfer, 1961

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Nachtzug, 1978

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Nachtzug, 1978

Sale Date: May 25, 2007

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Automobil with red raindrops, 1953–1964

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Automobil with red raindrops, 1953–1964

Sale Date: May 20, 2007

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Night train, 1978

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Night train, 1978

Sale Date: May 20, 2007

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