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)
Straße der sberlebenden, pl.2, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der sberlebenden, pl.2, 1972

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The city man, 1984

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The city man, 1984

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Hundertwasser im häuslichen Ambiente, 1972

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Hundertwasser im häuslichen Ambiente, 1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971–1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 30, 1995

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Die Häuser h,ngen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Häuser h,ngen unter den Wiesen, pl.9, 1972

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Rocket earth sky, 1988

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Rocket earth sky, 1988

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Gib acht wenn Du über die Pr,rie gehst, 1976

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Gib acht wenn Du über die Pr,rie gehst, 1976

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: May 26, 1995

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haren, 1967

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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Regentag, 1971

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Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: May 12, 1995

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1980

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Fall in cloud, fall in fog, fall out, 1980

Sale Date: May 12, 1995

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Midori No Namida - Tears of Green, 1969–1975

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Midori No Namida - Tears of Green, 1969–1975

Sale Date: May 4, 1995

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1966–1972

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1966–1972

Sale Date: April 30, 1995

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 30, 1995

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Kunst Haus Wien, 1983–1991

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kunst Haus Wien, 1983–1991

Sale Date: April 30, 1995

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The false eyelash, 1967

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The false eyelash, 1967

Sale Date: April 29, 1995

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Good morning city- bleeding town

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Good morning city- bleeding town

Sale Date: April 26, 1995

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: April 26, 1995

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Homage to Schr

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Homage to Schr"der-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 26, 1995

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Die f_nfte Augenwaage

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Die f_nfte Augenwaage

Sale Date: April 24, 1995

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