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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

The wall, 1979

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The wall, 1979

Sale Date: May 22, 1996

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Hundertwasser-Regentag (Look at it on a , 1971–1972

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Hundertwasser-Regentag (Look at it on a , 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 21, 1996

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 21, 1996

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Homage to Schrôder-Sonnenstein, 1972

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Homage to Schrôder-Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: May 14, 1996

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Smoking seamans sunset, 1968

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Smoking seamans sunset, 1968

Sale Date: May 9, 1996

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Good morning city: color series PP, 1969–1970

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Good morning city: color series PP, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 8, 1996

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: May 4, 1996

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

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A rainy day with Walter Kampmann, 1969

Sale Date: April 29, 1996

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Sunset, 1966

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: April 29, 1996

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Good morning city, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1970

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Regentag on waves of love, 1971–1972

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Regentag on waves of love, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Good morning city: Bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city: Bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

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Columbus rainy day in India, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Regentag on waves of love, 1971–1972

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Regentag on waves of love, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Homage to Schroder Sonnenstern

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Homage to Schroder Sonnenstern

Sale Date: April 21, 1996

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Olympia, 1984

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Olympia, 1984

Sale Date: April 21, 1996

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Waves of love

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Waves of love

Sale Date: April 21, 1996

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10002 nights-homo humus come va, 1983–1984

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10002 nights-homo humus come va, 1983–1984

Sale Date: April 20, 1996

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Seereise II (Reise zur See und mit der Bahn), 1967

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Seereise II (Reise zur See und mit der Bahn), 1967

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1970

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1970

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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Night train, 1978

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Night train, 1978

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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Good morning city/Bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city/Bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: April 3, 1996

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