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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Take care when you walk over the prairie (+..., 1976

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Take care when you walk over the prairie (+..., 1976

Sale Date: June 2, 2005

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 2, 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

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The expulsion, 1967

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The expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: May 31, 2005

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchu, 1966

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953

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Kopf in der Sonne mit Hand, 1957

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Kopf in der Sonne mit Hand, 1957

Sale Date: May 31, 2005

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Menschenfreude (portfolio of 6), 1988

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Menschenfreude (portfolio of 6), 1988

Sale Date: May 27, 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, 1970

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Good morning city, 1970

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1970

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1970

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Hommage à Schröder-Morgenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Morgenstern, 1972

Sale Date: May 12, 2005

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1 (from Look..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1 (from Look..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen..., 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen..., 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, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Exodus into space, 1971

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Exodus into space, 1971

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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