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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

A limited erotic print by Friedensreuich...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

A limited erotic print by Friedensreuich...

Sale Date: December 7, 2020

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Good Morning City, Bleeding Town (K. 42), 1969, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City, Bleeding Town (K. 42), 1969, 1970

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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526 La maison qui disparaît - maison et..., 1962

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526 La maison qui disparaît - maison et..., 1962

Sale Date: December 5, 2020

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La Nuit de la buveuse (Die Nacht der..., 1967

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La Nuit de la buveuse (Die Nacht der..., 1967

Sale Date: December 11, 2020

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Save the Whales, 1982

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Save the Whales, 1982

Sale Date: November 27, 2020

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Good Morning City/Bleeding Town, 1969

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Good Morning City/Bleeding Town, 1969

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

Sale Date: December 1, 2020

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10002 Nights Homo Humus Come Va How Do You Do, 1984

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10002 Nights Homo Humus Come Va How Do You Do, 1984

Sale Date: December 1, 2020

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Blumenhaus / Flower house, 1983

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Blumenhaus / Flower house, 1983

Sale Date: November 21, 2020

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Spiralental / Spiral valley, 1983

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Spiralental / Spiral valley, 1983

Sale Date: November 21, 2020

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GIRL AN BOY WITH HOUSE AND BIRD, 1951

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GIRL AN BOY WITH HOUSE AND BIRD, 1951

Sale Date: November 24, 2020

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221 Die Araberin/Arabian Woman/Femme Arabe, 1955

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221 Die Araberin/Arabian Woman/Femme Arabe, 1955

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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In Gamba, 1990

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In Gamba, 1990

Sale Date: November 20, 2020

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

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

Sale Date: November 17, 2020

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10.002 Night

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10.002 Night

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10.002 Night, 1984

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10.002 Night, 1984

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Good morning city – bleeding town, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city – bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Good morning city – bleeding town, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning city – bleeding town, 1970

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

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Irinaland über dem Balkan

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

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Mädchenfund im Gras, 1964

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Dunelbunter Regentag, 1982

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Dunelbunter Regentag, 1982

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Rain Drop Counter, 1981

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Rain Drop Counter, 1981

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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THE HOUSES ARE HANGING UNDERNEATH THE..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

THE HOUSES ARE HANGING UNDERNEATH THE..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2020

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