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)
Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Der endlose Weg du Dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg du Dir, 1967

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Tête-Kopf-Head, 1953

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Tête-Kopf-Head, 1953

Sale Date: September 27, 1995

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The flight of the Dali Lama, 1959

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The flight of the Dali Lama, 1959

Sale Date: September 27, 1995

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Ohne Titel, 1957

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Ohne Titel, 1957

Sale Date: September 27, 1995

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Hommage a Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage a Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 25, 1995

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Three high houses, 1953

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Three high houses, 1953

Sale Date: September 21, 1995

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La spirale et les vernis

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La spirale et les vernis

Sale Date: September 21, 1995

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Sale Date: September 20, 1995

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Mädchen Fund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchen Fund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: September 20, 1995

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971

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A rainy day on the Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: September 19, 1995

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Good morning city-bleeding town, 1969

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Good morning city-bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: August 24, 1995

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Lipari

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Lipari

Sale Date: July 12, 1995

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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The expulsion, 1967

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The expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: June 30, 1995

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Gelbe-K_sse - Gelbe Schiffe, 1951

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Gelbe-K_sse - Gelbe Schiffe, 1951

Sale Date: June 29, 1995

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Regentag, 1971

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Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1970–1971

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961

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Houses in rain of blood, 1961

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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The boy with the green hair, 1967

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The boy with the green hair, 1967

Sale Date: June 27, 1995

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