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
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Regentag, 1971

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Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Nana Hyaku Mizu: rain of blood is falling..., 1972

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Nana Hyaku Mizu: rain of blood is falling..., 1972

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

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Hide under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

Sale Date: June 26, 1996

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Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Good morning city, 1970

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Good morning city, 1970

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1973

Sale Date: June 20, 1996

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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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: June 18, 1996

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The city man, 1984

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The city man, 1984

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Die Mauer, 1979

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Die Mauer, 1979

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Hommage à Schroder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schroder Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1970

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Homo humus, come va, how do you do, 1984

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Homo humus, come va, how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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L'expulsion, 1967

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L'expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: June 12, 1996

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 12, 1996

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Green power - Midori no chikara, 1972

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Green power - Midori no chikara, 1972

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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Casa e spirale sotto la pioggia, 1963

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Casa e spirale sotto la pioggia, 1963

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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Regentage, Look at it at a rainy day, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentage, Look at it at a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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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: June 11, 1996

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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: June 11, 1996

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Regen auf Regentag, pl.5, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regen auf Regentag, pl.5, 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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