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

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953

Sale Date: December 2, 1994

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Good Morning City, 1971

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Good Morning City, 1971

Sale Date: December 3, 1994

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Nachtzug: variation 2, 1978

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Nachtzug: variation 2, 1978

Sale Date: November 30, 1994

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 1994

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Blutregenfieberhaus, 1974

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Blutregenfieberhaus, 1974

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Variation after Aerobic Church

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Variation after Aerobic Church

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Das Haus ist das Spiegelbild des Menschen, 1985

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Das Haus ist das Spiegelbild des Menschen, 1985

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Burning winter, 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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Burning winter, 1976

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Burning winter, 1976

Sale Date: November 6, 1994

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Town in town 801, 1979

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Town in town 801, 1979

Sale Date: November 6, 1994

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

Sale Date: November 5, 1994

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Hommage Sonnenstern

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Hommage Sonnenstern

Sale Date: November 5, 1994

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Rain drop counter (variant blue/green 185-247), 1981

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Rain drop counter (variant blue/green 185-247), 1981

Sale Date: October 30, 1994

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Giudecca Nov. 1968

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Giudecca Nov. 1968

Sale Date: October 29, 1994

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972

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Olympic Games Munich, 1972

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Doppelgänger

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Doppelgänger

Sale Date: October 20, 1994

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Olympia, 1983

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Olympia, 1983

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Hommage a Schroeder-Sonnenstern

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Hommage a Schroeder-Sonnenstern

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Olympische Spiele München 1972

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Olympische Spiele München 1972

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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