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)

Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 4, 2005

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: April 30, 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: April 22, 2005

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Good morning city (+ Regentag mit Walter..., 1969

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Good morning city (+ Regentag mit Walter..., 1969

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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One of five seamen, 1975

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One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Ohne Titel, 1974

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Ohne Titel, 1974

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Good morning city, 1970

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Good morning city, 1970

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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Fuite dans l'espace, pl. 4 (from..., 1971–1972

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Fuite dans l'espace, pl. 4 (from..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 25, 2005

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1979

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1979

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Olympische Spiele München (poster), 1972

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Olympische Spiele München (poster), 1972

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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10002 nights Homo Humos come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 nights Homo Humos come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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One of five seamen, 1975

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One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Regentag: Look at it on a rainy day..., 1966–1972

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Regentag: Look at it on a rainy day..., 1966–1972

Sale Date: April 9, 2005

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10001 nights Homo humus com eva, 1984

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10001 nights Homo humus com eva, 1984

Sale Date: December 11, 2004

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Regentag), 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Regentag), 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 13, 2005

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Regentag (10 works), 1971–1972

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Regentag (10 works), 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 13, 2005

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Der Endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

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Der Endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

Sale Date: April 13, 2005

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