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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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Mit der Liebe warten tut weh, wenn die Liebe...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

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Tears of an artist, 1976

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Tears of an artist, 1976

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten

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The rain falls far from us, 1976

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The rain falls far from us, 1976

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Recht auf Leben, 1987

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Recht auf Leben, 1987

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Fooded Sleep, 1976

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Fooded Sleep, 1976

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Strasse der Überlebenden

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Strasse der Überlebenden

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Two clouds raining seven colours, 1976

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Two clouds raining seven colours, 1976

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Das Fensterrecht, 1987

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Das Fensterrecht, 1987

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Conservation Week, 1974

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Conservation Week, 1974

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Olympic Games Munich (K. 54), 1971–1972

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Olympic Games Munich (K. 54), 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971-1972, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971-1972, 1971–1972

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Die Fünfte Augenwaage, 1971-1972, 1971–1972

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Die Fünfte Augenwaage, 1971-1972, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day. 1971/72, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day. 1971/72, 1971–1972

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On the red roads of the mountains of the..., 1967

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On the red roads of the mountains of the..., 1967

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

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Do not wait houses - move, 1989

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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Die endlose Stadt, 1988

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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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Pintorarium, Gründungsmanifest, 1959

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Pintorarium, Gründungsmanifest, 1959

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1969–1970

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Die Fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

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Die Fünfte Augenwaage, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regen auf Regentag, 1971–1972

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Untitled, 1953–1959

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Untitled, 1953–1959

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1971

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1971

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