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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Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl. 7 (from..., 1971–1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl. 7 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (from Look , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (from Look , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1979

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1979

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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10002 nights homo humus come va how do..., 1982–1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights homo humus come va how do..., 1982–1984

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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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 28, 2006

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Composition

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Composition

Sale Date: October 30, 2006

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern (collab. w/..., 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern (collab. w/..., 1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Regentag), 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Regentag), 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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One of five seamen (set of 5), 1975

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

One of five seamen (set of 5), 1975

Sale Date: October 31, 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: October 31, 2006

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Relations of a spider (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1971

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Relations of a spider (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1971

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Automobil with red raindrops, 1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Automobil with red raindrops, 1964

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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10002 Nacht Homo Humus, 1984

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10002 Nacht Homo Humus, 1984

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Stadtteil von oben, pl.1 (from Rotaprint..., 1951

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Stadtteil von oben, pl.1 (from Rotaprint..., 1951

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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