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)
The wall, 1979–1979

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The wall, 1979–1979

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Untitled, 1987–1987

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Untitled, 1987–1987

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Meadowman, 1974–1974

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Meadowman, 1974–1974

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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Car to nature - car to creation, 1985–1985

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Car to nature - car to creation, 1985–1985

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961–1961

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961–1961

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King Kong, 1968–1968

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King Kong, 1968–1968

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10002 nights homo humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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10002 nights homo humus come va how do..., 1984–1984

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Untitled, 1989–1989

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Untitled, 1989–1989

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Slow travel under the sun, 1969–1969

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Slow travel under the sun, 1969–1969

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Spiralsun and moonhouse - The neighbors, 1967–1967

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Spiralsun and moonhouse - The neighbors, 1967–1967

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Look at it on a rainy day

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Look at it on a rainy day

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

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

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Tennos fly with hats, 1985–1985

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Tennos fly with hats, 1985–1985

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Sunset, 1966–1966

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Sunset, 1966–1966

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House and spiral in the rain, 1962–1962

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House and spiral in the rain, 1962–1962

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The thirty-nine heads, 1953–1953

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The thirty-nine heads, 1953–1953

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Good morning city, 1969–1969

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Good morning city, 1969–1969

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Green power, 1972–1972

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Green power, 1972–1972

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Rain drop counter, 1980–1980

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Rain drop counter, 1980–1980

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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The expulsion, 1967–1967

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964–1964

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Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regentag, 1971–1972

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La Marne, 1957–1957

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La Marne, 1957–1957

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