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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Kreisverkehr-Straßengekreuzig (Crusade..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr-Straßengekreuzig (Crusade..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 7, 1997

Auction Closed

Olympische Spiele München 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München 1972

Sale Date: May 1, 1997

Auction Closed

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: May 1, 1997

Auction Closed

Good-bye from Africa, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good-bye from Africa, 1967

Sale Date: April 28, 1997

Auction Closed

Blumenhaus

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: April 24, 1997

Auction Closed

Sad not so sad in rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sad not so sad in rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

Sale Date: April 23, 1997

Auction Closed

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 23, 1997

Auction Closed

10002 Nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 Nights homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: April 23, 1997

Auction Closed

Blad fem

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Der Mond

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Der Mond "Alantis" Flucht ins All, 1971

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Regentag, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Gelbe Häuser, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Gelbe Häuser, 1971

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Surrealistisk komposition

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Surrealistisk komposition

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Homo humus

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Homo humus

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: April 15, 1997

Auction Closed

Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

Auction Closed

Good morning city, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1971

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

Auction Closed

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

Auction Closed

Wiesenmann, 1974

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

Auction Closed

Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953–1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953–1964

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

Auction Closed

Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage a Schröder Sonnenstern, 1971

Sale Date: March 26, 1997

Auction Closed

Good morning city bleeding town, 1969

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: March 22, 1997

Auction Closed

Previous 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 Next

English (US)

©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.