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)

Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

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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

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One of five seamen, 1975

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One of five seamen, 1975

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971–1972

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971–1972

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

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

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1970–1971

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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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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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1979

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1979

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at It..., 1971–1972

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at It..., 1971–1972

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1968

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Regentag-Kassette, 1971

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Regentag-Kassette, 1971

Sale Date: May 28, 2005

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Meschenfreude (suite of 6 w/text), 1987

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Meschenfreude (suite of 6 w/text), 1987

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Burning winter, 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: June 2, 2005

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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: June 2, 2005

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