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)

Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 24, 2005

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 24, 2005

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 24, 2005

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Nana hyaku mizu: Waiting for houses, 1969

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Nana hyaku mizu: Waiting for houses, 1969

Sale Date: September 27, 2005

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Il Rotolante (portfolio of 4)

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Il Rotolante (portfolio of 4)

Sale Date: September 21, 2005

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Homo Humus come-va -100002 nights, 1984

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Homo Humus come-va -100002 nights, 1984

Sale Date: September 21, 2005

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: September 21, 2005

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Hommage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 21, 2005

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Two clouds raining seven colors (from..., 1972–1976

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Two clouds raining seven colors (from..., 1972–1976

Sale Date: September 28, 2005

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: August 29, 2005

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern (in collab...., 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern (in collab...., 1972

Sale Date: April 23, 2004

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentropfenzähler, 1981

Sale Date: June 16, 2005

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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: June 10, 2005

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Testament in gelb, 1971

Sale Date: June 10, 2005

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Irinaland über..., pl. 7 (from Look at it on a...

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Irinaland über..., pl. 7 (from Look at it on a...

Sale Date: June 6, 2005

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from..., 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from..., 1971

Sale Date: June 8, 2005

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: June 8, 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: June 24, 2005

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Der Dalai Lama dringt in den indischen..., 1959

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Der Dalai Lama dringt in den indischen..., 1959

Sale Date: June 24, 2005

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Strasse der Überlebenden, 1971

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Strasse der Überlebenden, 1971

Sale Date: June 17, 2005

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Blumenhaus, 1983

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Blumenhaus, 1983

Sale Date: June 9, 2005

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Pacific steamer, 1985

Sale Date: June 9, 2005

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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: June 9, 2005

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Night train, 1978

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Night train, 1978

Sale Date: June 9, 2005

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