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

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

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: March 16, 2024

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Brillen in kleinem Gesicht, 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Brillen in kleinem Gesicht, 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2024

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Mit der liebe warten tut weh, wenn die liebe , 1971

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Mit der liebe warten tut weh, wenn die liebe , 1971

Sale Date: May 4, 2024

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Escape of the Indoor Sky

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Escape of the Indoor Sky

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Flucht ins All, Blatt 4 aus dem Portfolio: Look...

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Flucht ins All, Blatt 4 aus dem Portfolio: Look...

Sale Date: April 9, 2024

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Pintorarium (2 sheets), 1959

Arnulf Rainer, Ernst Fuchs and Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Pintorarium (2 sheets), 1959

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Regentag, 1972

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Regentag, 1972

Sale Date: May 7, 2024

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, Blatt 3..., 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, Blatt 3..., 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, Blatt 2 dem..., 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, Blatt 2 dem..., 1971–1972

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

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

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, Blatt 7 aus..., 1971–1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan, Blatt 7 aus..., 1971–1972

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: April 19, 2024

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Insel der verlorenen Wünsche, 1978

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Insel der verlorenen Wünsche, 1978

Sale Date: April 19, 2024

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Die Invasionen, 1952

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Die Invasionen, 1952

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Flucht ins All, Blatt 4 aus dem..., 1971–1972

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Flucht ins All, Blatt 4 aus dem..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, Blatt 8 aus..., 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, Blatt 8 aus..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 26, 2024

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 26, 2024

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Citta in citta, 1979

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Citta in citta, 1979

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Street for survivors, 1972

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Street for survivors, 1972

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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The boy with the green hair, 1967

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The boy with the green hair, 1967

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Le lac jaune, 1985–1987

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Le lac jaune, 1985–1987

Sale Date: April 12, 2024

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, 1971

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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