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)
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: October 24, 1996

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Strasse der Uebelebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Strasse der Uebelebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 24, 1996

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Olympische Spiele Muenchen

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Olympische Spiele Muenchen

Sale Date: October 24, 1996

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Singende Dampfer, pl.VIII

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Singende Dampfer, pl.VIII

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Olympic Spiele, 1972

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Olympic Spiele, 1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1971–1972

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Tears of an artist, 1950

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Tears of an artist, 1950

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Insel der verlorerner wunsche

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Insel der verlorerner wunsche

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Sans titre, 1959

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Sans titre, 1959

Sale Date: October 16, 1996

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Autofluß, 1971

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Autofluß, 1971

Sale Date: October 1, 1996

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Fall in cloud-fall in fog-fall out, 1973–1978

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Fall in cloud-fall in fog-fall out, 1973–1978

Sale Date: October 1, 1996

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Weinender Mann mit Hut, 1950

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Weinender Mann mit Hut, 1950

Sale Date: October 1, 1996

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Manifest zur Gründung des

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Manifest zur Gründung des "Pintorariums" am..., 1959

Sale Date: September 25, 1996

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 28, 1996

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Cette fleur aura raison des hommes, 1957

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Cette fleur aura raison des hommes, 1957

Sale Date: June 27, 1996

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L'accord sous la loupe, 1958

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L'accord sous la loupe, 1958

Sale Date: June 27, 1996

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Nana Hyaku Mizu: spectacles in the small face, 1967

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Nana Hyaku Mizu: spectacles in the small face, 1967

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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The Expulsion, 1967

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The Expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Nana hyaku mizu: Relations of a spider, 1971

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Nana hyaku mizu: Relations of a spider, 1971

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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