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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

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

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Good morniing city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morniing city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 25, 2006

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 25, 2006

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Olympische Munchen 1972, 1972

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Olympische Munchen 1972, 1972

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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Ohne Titel (4 works), 2001

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Ohne Titel (4 works), 2001

Sale Date: April 27, 2006

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: April 27, 2006

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

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

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Regentag

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Sale Date: April 27, 2006

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Fensterspirale, 1978

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Fensterspirale, 1978

Sale Date: May 2, 2006

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

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

Sale Date: May 2, 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: April 26, 2006

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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Kolumbusregentag in Indien, pl.6

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Kolumbusregentag in Indien, pl.6

Sale Date: December 10, 2005

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8

Sale Date: December 10, 2005

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One of five seamen (set of 5), 1975

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One of five seamen (set of 5), 1975

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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Blood garden house, 1975

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Blood garden house, 1975

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (album of 7 w/title &..., 1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (album of 7 w/title &..., 1973

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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Song of the whales, 1979

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Song of the whales, 1979

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Burning winter, 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Midori no Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Midori no Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of 10)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of 10)

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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