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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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl. 6..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl. 6..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 28, 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: October 28, 2006

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Good morning city - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

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White fog song of a Mandarin, 1992

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

White fog song of a Mandarin, 1992

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Do not wait houses - Move, 1989

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Do not wait houses - Move, 1989

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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The rain falls far from us, pl. 3 (from..., 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The rain falls far from us, pl. 3 (from..., 1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Burning winter, 1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: November 2, 2006

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Regentag (9 works), 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag (9 works), 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 2, 2006

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Fensterspirale, 1978

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Fensterspirale, 1978

Sale Date: October 17, 2006

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: October 17, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Ohne Titel, 1984

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2 (from Look at..., 1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2 (from Look at..., 1964

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 12, 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: October 12, 2006

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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1001 nights

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: October 17, 2006

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Hauteurs du Macchu Picchu (set of 28 w/text..., 1966

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hauteurs du Macchu Picchu (set of 28 w/text..., 1966

Sale Date: October 9, 2006

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Good morning city, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1971

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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