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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Rockett, earth, sky, 1988–1988

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Rockett, earth, sky, 1988–1988

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Nana hyaki mizu, 1966–1972

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Nana hyaki mizu, 1966–1972

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The right to dream, 1987–1987

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The right to dream, 1987–1987

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Regentag, 1971–1971

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Regentag, 1971–1971

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One of five seamen, 1976–1976

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One of five seamen, 1976–1976

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Burning winter, 1976–1976

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Burning winter, 1976–1976

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976–1976

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976–1976

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Talks with the Beyond (Communication..., 1987–1987

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Talks with the Beyond (Communication..., 1987–1987

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Concentric squares with lips, 1989–1989

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Concentric squares with lips, 1989–1989

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Les arbres sont les fleurs du bien, 1982–1982

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Les arbres sont les fleurs du bien, 1982–1982

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The right of the window, 1987–1987

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The right of the window, 1987–1987

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

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In Gamba, 1990–1990

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Shadow of the stars, 1967–1967

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Shadow of the stars, 1967–1967

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Relations of a spider, 1971–1971

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Relations of a spider, 1971–1971

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The Occidental, 1978–1978

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The Occidental, 1978–1978

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Pacific steamer, 1985–1985

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Pacific steamer, 1985–1985

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Spectacles in the small face, 1968–1968

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Spectacles in the small face, 1968–1968

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Kingdom of the toro, 1968–1968

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Kingdom of the toro, 1968–1968

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Rain of blood is failing into the garden, 1972–1972

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Rain of blood is failing into the garden, 1972–1972

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971–1972

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1971–1972

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die..., 1971–1972

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Goodmorning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Goodmorning city - Bleeding town, 1970–1971

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