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)

Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

Sale Date: October 10, 2022

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

Sale Date: October 10, 2022

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Exodus in Space, 1971–1972

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Exodus in Space, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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

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

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Good morning City

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Good morning City

Sale Date: October 1, 2022

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10002 nights Homo Humus, 1984

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10002 nights Homo Humus, 1984

Sale Date: October 1, 2022

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

Sale Date: October 1, 2022

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 1, 2022

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Eyebalance Number Five from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Eyebalance Number Five from Look at it on a..., 1971

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Good Morning City (Initial Edition)..., 1969

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Good Morning City (Initial Edition)..., 1969

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Jahrewobjekt in Keramik 1983 Spiralental, 1983

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Jahrewobjekt in Keramik 1983 Spiralental, 1983

Sale Date: September 19, 2022

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1964

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Rotaprint Mappe, Art Club Vienna, 1951

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Rotaprint Mappe, Art Club Vienna, 1951

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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10 002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10 002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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Pacific Streamer, 1985

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Pacific Streamer, 1985

Sale Date: September 23, 2022

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 23, 2022

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Sale Date: September 13, 2022

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Sale Date: September 13, 2022

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Good morning – Bleeding Town (aus einer , 1969–1971

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Good morning – Bleeding Town (aus einer , 1969–1971

Sale Date: September 26, 2022

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Flucht Ins All, from Regentag, 1971

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Flucht Ins All, from Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Wartende Hauser, 1969

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Wartende Hauser, 1969

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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