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)

Il rotolante (Farbvariante blau/braun), 1985

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante blau/braun), 1985

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante grün/blau), 1985

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante grün/blau), 1985

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante gelb/blau), 1985

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante gelb/blau), 1985

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante rot/grün), 1985

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Il rotolante (Farbvariante rot/grün), 1985

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Irinaland über dem Balkan (aus: Look at , 1971–1972

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Irinaland über dem Balkan (aus: Look at , 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag (aus: Look at it on a..., 1971

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Regen auf Regentag (aus: Look at it on a..., 1971

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Testament in Gelb (aus: Look at it on a..., 1971

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Testament in Gelb (aus: Look at it on a..., 1971

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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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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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In Gamba, 1990

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In Gamba, 1990

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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The Rain Falls Far From Us, 1976

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The Rain Falls Far From Us, 1976

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Columbus Rainy day in India, from 'Look , 1971–1985

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Columbus Rainy day in India, from 'Look , 1971–1985

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Kreisverkehr 701A Friedensreich Lengmoos 1971

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Kreisverkehr 701A Friedensreich Lengmoos 1971

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1970–1972

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Town in Town, 1979

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Town in Town, 1979

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Exodus into Space, from Look at it on a , 1971–1972

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Exodus into Space, from Look at it on a , 1971–1972

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen (from..., 1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen (from..., 1972

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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The Flight of the Dalai Lama, 1959, 1959

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The Flight of the Dalai Lama, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: August 26, 2021

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: August 8, 2021

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Hundertwasser

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Hundertwasser

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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