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)
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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Jeune fille au noeud noir

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Jeune fille au noeud noir

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Women in a boat, 1929

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Women in a boat, 1929

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstein, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: December 22, 1995

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Bleeding town, 1971

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Bleeding town, 1971

Sale Date: December 17, 1995

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Streets for survivors

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Streets for survivors

Sale Date: December 17, 1995

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Street for survivers

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Street for survivers

Sale Date: December 8, 1995

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen

Sale Date: December 8, 1995

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Komposition, 1967

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Komposition, 1967

Sale Date: December 7, 1995

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Komposition, 1968

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Komposition, 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 1995

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Kreisverkehr der Stassengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Stassengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 6, 1995

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Kreisverkehr, pl.10, 1971

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Kreisverkehr, pl.10, 1971

Sale Date: December 5, 1995

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6, 1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, pl.6, 1972

Sale Date: December 5, 1995

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Flucht ins All, pl.4, 1971

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Flucht ins All, pl.4, 1971

Sale Date: December 5, 1995

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Winter lichterloh, 1976

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Winter lichterloh, 1976

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Gib acht, wenn Du über die Prärie gehst, 1976

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Gib acht, wenn Du über die Prärie gehst, 1976

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970–1973

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kleiner Palast der Krankheit, 1970–1973

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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