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
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Regentag Portfolio

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Regentag Portfolio

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

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

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Vapeur dans la vallée verte, 1956

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Vapeur dans la vallée verte, 1956

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Regen auf Regentag, from the series..., 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, from the series..., 1971–1972

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1982–1983

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do..., 1982–1983

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Die Bäume sind die Blumen des Guten, 1982

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

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Die Stadt-Stadt, 1979

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Zwei Bäume auf dem Schiff Regentag, 1971

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Zwei Bäume auf dem Schiff Regentag, 1971

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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Seereise II - Reise zur See und mit der Bahn, 1967

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The rains falls far from us, 1976

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The rains falls far from us, 1976

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Save the Seas, 1982

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Save the Seas, 1982

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Die Schatten der Sterne (Shadow of the..., 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne (Shadow of the..., 1967

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Die fünfte Augenwaage” from the..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage” from the..., 1971–1972

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"Fall in out, Fall in fog, Fall out", 1979

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Seereise II — Reise Zur See Und Mit Der Bahn , 1967

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Seereise II — Reise Zur See Und Mit Der Bahn , 1967

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Schiff an Land, 1995

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Schiff an Land, 1995

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Good Morning City, 1970

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Good Morning City, 1970

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

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Kreisverkehr der Straßengekreuzigten, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

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Straße der Überlebenden, 1971–1972

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982

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Dach der Sehnsucht, 1982

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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