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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Testament in gelb, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Testament in gelb, 1971

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Tears of an artist (from Midori No Namida), 1974

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Tears of an artist (from Midori No Namida), 1974

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Flooded sleep (from Midori No Namida), 1973

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Flooded sleep (from Midori No Namida), 1973

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Regentag on waves of love, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

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Regentag on waves of love, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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A rainy day on the Regentag, pl. 5..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

A rainy day on the Regentag, pl. 5..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Exedus into space, pl. 4 (from Look at..., 1971–1972

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Exedus into space, pl. 4 (from Look at..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Street for survivors, pl. 2 (from Look..., 1971–1972

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Street for survivors, pl. 2 (from Look..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Good morning city, 1970–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1970–1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Girl-finding in the grass, 1964

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Girl-finding in the grass, 1964

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Good morning city, bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city, bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Regentag-Kassette, 1971

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Regentag-Kassette, 1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Regentagmappe - Look at it on a rainy day...

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Regentagmappe - Look at it on a rainy day...

Sale Date: November 20, 2006

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10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Joy of man / Joie de l'Homme /..., 1986–1987

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Joy of man / Joie de l'Homme /..., 1986–1987

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Korallenbluem, 1988

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Korallenbluem, 1988

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Hommage à Schroeder

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schroeder

Sale Date: November 2, 2006

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Regentag on waves of love (from Look at , 1970–1971

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Regentag on waves of love (from Look at , 1970–1971

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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