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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
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: March 30, 1996

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

Sale Date: March 30, 1996

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'10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do'

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'10002 nights homo humus come va how do you do'

Sale Date: March 27, 1996

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Furoshiki, 1975

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Furoshiki, 1975

Sale Date: March 27, 1996

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Drei hohe Häuser, 1953

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Drei hohe Häuser, 1953

Sale Date: March 27, 1996

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Olympische Spiele. München 1972

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Olympische Spiele. München 1972

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Good morning city- bleeding town. 686, 1971

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Good morning city- bleeding town. 686, 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Sale Date: March 23, 1996

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Après la fin du communisme: une des..., 1960

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Après la fin du communisme: une des..., 1960

Sale Date: March 21, 1996

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Endless way to you, 1967

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Endless way to you, 1967

Sale Date: March 21, 1996

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La rencontre dans la piscine Deligny, 1966

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La rencontre dans la piscine Deligny, 1966

Sale Date: March 19, 1996

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: March 9, 1996

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Homage to Sonnenstern

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Homage to Sonnenstern

Sale Date: March 3, 1996

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Waves of live

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Waves of live

Sale Date: March 3, 1996

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Crusades of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Crusades of the crossroaders, 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 3, 1996

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Olympia, 1984

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Olympia, 1984

Sale Date: March 3, 1996

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city- bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: February 8, 1996

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Christine or l'Amazone, pl.V, 1930

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Christine or l'Amazone, pl.V, 1930

Sale Date: February 8, 1996

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Le chant, 1945

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Le chant, 1945

Sale Date: February 8, 1996

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