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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Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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GOOD MORNING CITY - BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

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GOOD MORNING CITY - BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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Save the Seas, 1982

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Save the Seas, 1982

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Fall in cloud - fall in fog -fall out, 1979–1980

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Fall in cloud - fall in fog -fall out, 1979–1980

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, Blatt 6..., 1971–1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, Blatt 6..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Holzkassette 'Look at it on a rainy day', 1971–1972

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Holzkassette 'Look at it on a rainy day', 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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No. 10

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No. 10 "Crusade Of The Crossroads" From The...

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, pl. 10 , 1971

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Street for Survivors, 1972

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Street for Survivors, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe , 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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The fifth eye scale, 1971

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The fifth eye scale, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Good Morning City. Bleeding town, 1970

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Good Morning City. Bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Homo Humus come va - 10002 nights, 1984

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Homo Humus come va - 10002 nights, 1984

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, Blatt 10...

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, Blatt 10...

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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