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
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
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: December 7, 2005

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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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: December 7, 2005

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Good Morning City - Édition initiale, 1969

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Good Morning City - Édition initiale, 1969

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 1, 2005

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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 1, 2005

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Street for survivors, 1971

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Street for survivors, 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2005

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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: December 1, 2005

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Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from..., 1971–1972

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Eyebalance number five, pl. 1 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 1, 2005

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The face, pl.6 (from Rotaprint), 1951

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The face, pl.6 (from Rotaprint), 1951

Sale Date: December 1, 2005

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Survivant de Laszlo VIII. Deutscher..., 1962

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Survivant de Laszlo VIII. Deutscher..., 1962

Sale Date: December 2, 2005

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 3, 2005

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 3, 2005

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

Sale Date: December 3, 2005

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In Gamba, 1975

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In Gamba, 1975

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Il Rotolante - Sleeper I, 1982–1983

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Il Rotolante - Sleeper I, 1982–1983

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Good Morning city, 1969–1970

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Good Morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day..., 1969–1971

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Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day..., 1969–1971

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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L'expulsion, 1967

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L'expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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

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

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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Mädchen mit Augengläsern, pl. 3 (from..., 1951

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Mädchen mit Augengläsern, pl. 3 (from..., 1951

Sale Date: December 5, 2005

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