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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Do not wait houses move, 1989–1989

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Do not wait houses move, 1989–1989

Sale Date: September 25, 2000

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Homo humus, 1984–1984

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Homo humus, 1984–1984

Sale Date: September 25, 2000

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969–1970

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: September 22, 2000

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Die Augen des Machu Pichu, 1966–1966

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Die Augen des Machu Pichu, 1966–1966

Sale Date: September 20, 2000

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: September 20, 2000

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

Sale Date: August 28, 2000

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Eye balance number five

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Eye balance number five

Sale Date: August 27, 2000

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Autofahrer in der Nacht, 1963–1964

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Autofahrer in der Nacht, 1963–1964

Sale Date: June 29, 2000

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961–1961

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 30, 2000

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Reise mit der Bahn, 1961–1961

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Reise mit der Bahn, 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 29, 2000

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 27, 2000

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Eye balance number five

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Eye balance number five

Sale Date: June 25, 2000

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2000

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Flooded sleep, 1976–1976

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Flooded sleep, 1976–1976

Sale Date: June 21, 2000

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The false eyelash, 1967–1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The false eyelash, 1967–1967

Sale Date: June 20, 2000

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One of five seamen, 1975–1975

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One of five seamen, 1975–1975

Sale Date: June 20, 2000

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

Sale Date: June 20, 2000

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Les yeux de Machu Pichu, 1966–1966

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Les yeux de Machu Pichu, 1966–1966

Sale Date: June 17, 2000

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: June 15, 2000

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967–1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967–1967

Sale Date: June 15, 2000

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

Sale Date: June 8, 2000

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Königreich der Toro, 1968–1968

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Königreich der Toro, 1968–1968

Sale Date: June 8, 2000

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981–1981

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981–1981

Sale Date: June 8, 2000

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Flooded sleep, 1973–1973

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Flooded sleep, 1973–1973

Sale Date: June 8, 2000

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