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)

Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1970–1971

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Journey II and travel by rail, 1967

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Journey II and travel by rail, 1967

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Skyscraper with trees, pl. 2 (from Art-Club), 1951

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Skyscraper with trees, pl. 2 (from Art-Club), 1951

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1969

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Good morning city - bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: May 23, 2006

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In Gamba, 1987–1989

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In Gamba, 1987–1989

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Regentag), 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Regentag), 1971–1972

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: May 30, 2006

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Il Marinaio - One of five seamen, 1975

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Il Marinaio - One of five seamen, 1975

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Les hauteurs de Machu Picchu (set of 28..., 1967

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Les hauteurs de Machu Picchu (set of 28..., 1967

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Zwei Wolken regnen sieben Farben (from..., 1972

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Zwei Wolken regnen sieben Farben (from..., 1972

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

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

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Spirale mit Neufferköpfen - Grasbewachsene..., 1962

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Spirale mit Neufferköpfen - Grasbewachsene..., 1962

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Das Haus sieht einen Menschen brennen, 1962

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Das Haus sieht einen Menschen brennen, 1962

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Crematorium, 1973

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Crematorium, 1973

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Midori no namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1976

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Midori no namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1976

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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: May 17, 2006

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from..., 1968–1970

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from..., 1968–1970

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Good Morning City - Bleeding town, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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