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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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl.8, 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl.8, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Good morning city (Initial edition), 1969–1970

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Good morning city (Initial edition), 1969–1970

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Blutregenfieberhaus, 1974

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Blutregenfieberhaus, 1974

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10002 nights homo humu come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 nights homo humu come va how do you do, 1984

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Baustein für die Träume der Kinder, 1992

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Baustein für die Träume der Kinder, 1992

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Escape of the indoor sky, 1980

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Escape of the indoor sky, 1980

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Good morning city - Bleeding town

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Good morning city - Bleeding town

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973

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Qatar, 1982

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Homo humus come va - 10002 nights, 1984

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Homo humus come va - 10002 nights, 1984

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Regentropfenerzähler, 1981

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Regentropfenerzähler, 1981

Sale Date: May 23, 1997

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6, 1971–1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6, 1971–1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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10002 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: May 23, 1997

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