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.

Related Categories

Contemporary Art, Contemporary Realism, Photography

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Slow travel under the sun, 1969–1969

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Slow travel under the sun, 1969–1969

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The city man, 1984–1984

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The city man, 1984–1984

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Untitled, 1987–1987

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Untitled, 1987–1987

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The journey I, 1967–1967

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The journey I, 1967–1967

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Midori no Namida, 1971–1974

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Midori no Namida, 1971–1974

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Burning winter, 1976–1976

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Burning winter, 1976–1976

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Window into the pond, 1978–1978

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Window into the pond, 1978–1978

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Il rotolante - Der Träumer, 1988–1988

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Il rotolante - Der Träumer, 1988–1988

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981–1981

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981–1981

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Untitled, 1988–1988

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Untitled, 1988–1988

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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Good-bye from Africa, 1967–1967

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Good-bye from Africa, 1967–1967

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Green power, 1972–1972

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Green power, 1972–1972

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969–1969

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969–1969

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1978

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1973–1978

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Houses in a rain of blood, 1961–1961

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Houses in a rain of blood, 1961–1961

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Waiting houses, 1969–1969

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Waiting houses, 1969–1969

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Untitled, 1969–1969

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Untitled, 1969–1969

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Arabian woman, 1955–1955

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Arabian woman, 1955–1955

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The endless way to you, 1967–1967

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The endless way to you, 1967–1967

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern

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Homage to Schröder-Sönnenstern, 1972–1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sönnenstern, 1972–1972

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Strasse der Uberlebenden, 1971–1971

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Strasse der Uberlebenden, 1971–1971

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Irinaland über dem balkan, blad 7

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Irinaland über dem balkan, blad 7

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