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)

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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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966–1966

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Die Augen von Machu Picchú, 1966–1966

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Regen auf Regentag, pl.5, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, pl.5, 1971–1972

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10002 nights homo humus cone va how do..., 1984–1984

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10002 nights homo humus cone va how do..., 1984–1984

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

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Regentagkassette, 1971–1971

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Regentagkassette, 1971–1971

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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

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982–1982

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982–1982

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1971–1972

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10002 nights homo humus cone va how do..., 1984–1984

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10002 nights homo humus cone va how do..., 1984–1984

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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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Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

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Royaume de toro, 1968–1968

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Royaume de toro, 1968–1968

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Spirale mit Neufferköpfen -..., 1962–1962

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Spirale mit Neufferköpfen -..., 1962–1962

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Die Seereise I, 1967–1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967–1967

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969–1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969–1969

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King Kong, 1968–1968

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King Kong, 1968–1968

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Wiesenmann, 1974–1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974–1974

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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