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)

Südsee II Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967–1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Südsee II Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967–1967

Sale Date: May 29, 2002

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Girl finding in the grass, 1964–1964

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Girl finding in the grass, 1964–1964

Sale Date: May 27, 2002

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der , 1967–1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der , 1967–1967

Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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Regentagkassette, 1971–1971

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Regentagkassette, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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Seereise I

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Sale Date: May 16, 2002

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967–1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967–1967

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984–1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984–1984

Sale Date: May 15, 2002

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Town in town, 1979–1979

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Town in town, 1979–1979

Sale Date: May 14, 2002

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Wiesenmann (zartbraune Variante), 1975–1975

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Wiesenmann (zartbraune Variante), 1975–1975

Sale Date: May 14, 2002

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Look at it on a rainy day

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Look at it on a rainy day

Sale Date: May 14, 2002

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Nr. 690, green power, 1982–1982

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Nr. 690, green power, 1982–1982

Sale Date: May 6, 2002

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Save the seas, 1982–1982

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Save the seas, 1982–1982

Sale Date: May 6, 2002

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10,002 nights homo humus come va how do , 1984–1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10,002 nights homo humus come va how do , 1984–1984

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Girl finding in the grass, 1964–1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Girl finding in the grass, 1964–1964

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: April 25, 2002

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Crusade of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Crusade of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 25, 2002

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A rainy day on the regentag, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

A rainy day on the regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 25, 2002

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: April 24, 2002

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Eyebalance number five, 1971–1971

Sale Date: April 23, 2002

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: April 23, 2002

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