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)

Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Flucht ins all, pl.4, 1971–1972

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Flucht ins all, pl.4, 1971–1972

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973–1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973–1973

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988–1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988–1988

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Hommage à Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage à Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Die Kirche von Hokkaido, Japan, 1961–1961

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Die Kirche von Hokkaido, Japan, 1961–1961

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The endless way to you, 1967–1967

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The endless way to you, 1967–1967

Sale Date: December 3, 2001

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnen-Stern, 1972–1972

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnen-Stern, 1972–1972

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Fences of paradise, 1994–1994

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Fences of paradise, 1994–1994

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967–1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967–1967

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Good morning city, 1970–1970

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Good morning city, 1970–1970

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985–1986

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985–1986

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Il rotolante - Creeper I, 1982–1983

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Il rotolante - Creeper I, 1982–1983

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1971

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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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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Fall in cloud - Fall in fog - Fall out, 1979–1979

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Fall in cloud - Fall in fog - Fall out, 1979–1979

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Fenêtre introverti, 1963–1963

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Fenêtre introverti, 1963–1963

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1971–1971

Sale Date: November 27, 2001

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1002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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1002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Hundertwasser Regentag

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hundertwasser Regentag

Sale Date: November 27, 2001

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