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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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

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The houses are hanging underneath the meadows, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The houses are hanging underneath the meadows, 1971

Sale Date: November 29, 1993

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Street for Survivors, 1971

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Street for Survivors, 1971

Sale Date: November 29, 1993

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PLUIE SUR LA CHINE EN FEU (REGEN UBER CHINA..., 1958

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

PLUIE SUR LA CHINE EN FEU (REGEN UBER CHINA..., 1958

Sale Date: November 29, 1993

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

Sale Date: November 27, 1993

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: November 27, 1993

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann

Sale Date: November 27, 1993

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KOLUMBUS REGENTAG IN INDIEN, 1972

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KOLUMBUS REGENTAG IN INDIEN, 1972

Sale Date: November 20, 1993

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1971

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1971

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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Homo Humus, come va, how do you do, 1983

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Homo Humus, come va, how do you do, 1983

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1971

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstein, 1972

Sale Date: October 23, 1993

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

Sale Date: October 22, 1993

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KREISVERKEHR, 1971

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KREISVERKEHR, 1971

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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SONNENSTERN, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

SONNENSTERN, 1972

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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REGENTAG [&] POSTKARTE [MED: PRAGEDRUCK , 1983

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

REGENTAG [&] POSTKARTE [MED: PRAGEDRUCK , 1983

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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KOMPOSITION MIT GESICHTERN, 1975

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

KOMPOSITION MIT GESICHTERN, 1975

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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WIEN 1977/1985

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

WIEN 1977/1985

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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VENEDIG, 1981

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VENEDIG, 1981

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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GOOD MORNING CITY, BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

GOOD MORNING CITY, BLEEDING TOWN, 1970

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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Ohne Titel, 1989

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Ohne Titel, 1989

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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BAIN GAZON POUR LA SPIRALE, 1957

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

BAIN GAZON POUR LA SPIRALE, 1957

Sale Date: October 15, 1993

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LE WESTERN ORIENTAL. VILLE HAUTE, VILLE..., 1955

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

LE WESTERN ORIENTAL. VILLE HAUTE, VILLE..., 1955

Sale Date: October 15, 1993

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: October 14, 1993

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KOMPOSITION. REGENTAG, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

KOMPOSITION. REGENTAG, 1971–1972

Sale Date: October 6, 1993

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