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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden, pl.2, 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Relations of a spider, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Relations of a spider, 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

Sale Date: December 4, 1995

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

Sale Date: December 3, 1995

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern

Sale Date: December 3, 1995

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Regentag, 1966–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag, 1966–1972

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Burning winter, 1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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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: December 2, 1995

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl. 9, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, pl. 9, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Girl-finding in the grass, 1964

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Girl-finding in the grass, 1964

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Endless way to you, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Endless way to you, 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Good-bye from Africa, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good-bye from Africa, 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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House and spiral in the rain, 1962

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

House and spiral in the rain, 1962

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Regentag, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Journey II and travel by rail, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Journey II and travel by rail, 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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The false eyelash, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The false eyelash, 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 1995

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Ohne Titel

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sale Date: November 29, 1995

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl.1, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 28, 1995

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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