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
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Regentag, 1972

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Regentag, 1972

Sale Date: July 10, 1997

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1971

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1971

Sale Date: July 4, 1997

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser

"860-10001 Nights" Homo Humus Come Va, 1984

Sale Date: June 28, 1997

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Meadowman, 1974

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Meadowman, 1974

Sale Date: June 27, 1997

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Ville en fleur (Stadt in blute), 1960

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Ville en fleur (Stadt in blute), 1960

Sale Date: June 26, 1997

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Meadowman, 1974

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Meadowman, 1974

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 1997

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Hommage a Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage a Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 23, 1997

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 18, 1997

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: June 12, 1997

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl.8, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl.8, 1971

Sale Date: June 12, 1997

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl.7

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Irinaland über dem Balkan, pl.7

Sale Date: June 12, 1997

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: June 12, 1997

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Good morning city, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1970

Sale Date: June 11, 1997

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Die Araberin, 1955

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Araberin, 1955

Sale Date: June 7, 1997

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Good morning city. Bleeding town, 1969–1969

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city. Bleeding town, 1969–1969

Sale Date: June 3, 1997

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Bottlehousebath, 1992–1992

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Bottlehousebath, 1992–1992

Sale Date: June 3, 1997

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Sale Date: June 3, 1997

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Good morning city (Initial edition), 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city (Initial edition), 1970

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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Flucht ins All, pl.4, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Flucht ins All, pl.4, 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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Winter lichterloh, 1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Winter lichterloh, 1976

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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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

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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Insel der verlorenen Wünsche, 1977–1978

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Insel der verlorenen Wünsche, 1977–1978

Sale Date: June 2, 1997

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