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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Das falsche augenlid

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Das falsche augenlid

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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Good morning city

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Good morning city

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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Brevkort, 1956–1956

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Brevkort, 1956–1956

Sale Date: October 26, 1999

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Green power, 1972–1972

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Green power, 1972–1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 6, 1999

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Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 6, 1999

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

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

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

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Hommage to Schroeder-Sonnenstern, 1972–1972

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht, 1968–1968

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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht, 1968–1968

Sale Date: October 1, 1999

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

"10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do , 1984–1984

Sale Date: October 1, 1999

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

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

Sale Date: October 1, 1999

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 1, 1999

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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 24, 1999

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972–1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972–1972

Sale Date: September 16, 1999

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Gesang der Wale, 1979–1979

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Gesang der Wale, 1979–1979

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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Die Mauer, 1979–1979

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Die Mauer, 1979–1979

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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Good morning city, 1969–1969

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Good morning city, 1969–1969

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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Homo humus come va 10001/10002 nights, 1984–1984

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Homo humus come va 10001/10002 nights, 1984–1984

Sale Date: June 23, 1999

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Nana Hyaky Mizu, 1966–1972

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Nana Hyaky Mizu, 1966–1972

Sale Date: June 22, 1999

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972–1972

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972–1972

Sale Date: June 22, 1999

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One of five seamen, 1975–1975

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One of five seamen, 1975–1975

Sale Date: June 22, 1999

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Rain drop counter, 1981–1981

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Rain drop counter, 1981–1981

Sale Date: June 22, 1999

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