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.

Related Categories

Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Haus mit Blumen, 1951

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Haus mit Blumen, 1951

Sale Date: March 31, 2007

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Mädchen mit Augengläsern, 1951

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Mädchen mit Augengläsern, 1951

Sale Date: March 31, 2007

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Die Mauer, 1979

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Die Mauer, 1979

Sale Date: March 31, 2007

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Fall in cloud - fall in fog - fall out, 1973–1979

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Fall in cloud - fall in fog - fall out, 1973–1979

Sale Date: March 31, 2007

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L'Automobiliste. Paris, 1958

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L'Automobiliste. Paris, 1958

Sale Date: March 21, 2007

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La route des survivants, pl. 2 (from Look at , 1971

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La route des survivants, pl. 2 (from Look at , 1971

Sale Date: March 21, 2007

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Regentag (portfolio of 10), 1971

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Regentag (portfolio of 10), 1971

Sale Date: March 27, 2007

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Slow travel under the sun, La Barca - Regentag, 1969

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Slow travel under the sun, La Barca - Regentag, 1969

Sale Date: March 28, 2007

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Street for survivors, 1971–1972

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Street for survivors, 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 6, 2007

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: February 27, 2007

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From Regentag, 1971–1972

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From Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Good Morning City, 1970

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Good Morning City, 1970

Sale Date: February 11, 2007

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Little place of illness, 1971

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Little place of illness, 1971

Sale Date: February 20, 2007

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Relations of a spider, 1971

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Relations of a spider, 1971

Sale Date: February 20, 2007

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

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Fluidoide Persian exercise, 1958

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Fluidoide Persian exercise, 1958

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

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Composition, 1957

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Composition, 1957

Sale Date: December 21, 2006

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day (9 , 1970–1971

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day (9 , 1970–1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2006

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Hundertwasser. Regentag, 1971

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Hundertwasser. Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2006

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va, 1984

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va, 1984

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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Homo Humus come va

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Homo Humus come va

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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Homo humus come va 10001/nights 10002

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Homo humus come va 10001/nights 10002

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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Homo Humus come va 10002 nights, 1984

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Homo Humus come va 10002 nights, 1984

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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