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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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten, 1971

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten, 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 2019

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Three Eyed Green Buddha with Hat, 1974

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Three Eyed Green Buddha with Hat, 1974

Sale Date: March 28, 2019

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Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: March 22, 2019

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Kolumbus Reintag in Indien, 1971–1972

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Kolumbus Reintag in Indien, 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Pintorarium (2 Plakate), 1959

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Pintorarium (2 Plakate), 1959

Sale Date: March 25, 2019

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One of Five Seamen, 1975

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One of Five Seamen, 1975

Sale Date: February 27, 2019

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Good Morning City

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Good Morning City

Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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

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

Sale Date: February 15, 2019

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Regentag, 1971–1972

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Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 6, 2019

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10001 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10001 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: March 6, 2019

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

Sale Date: March 6, 2019

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971

Sale Date: March 6, 2019

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Die letzten Tränen, 1980

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Die letzten Tränen, 1980

Sale Date: February 26, 2019

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NACHTZUG (NIGHT TRAIN) VARIANT 5, 1978

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NACHTZUG (NIGHT TRAIN) VARIANT 5, 1978

Sale Date: February 13, 2019

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Save the Seas, 1982

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Save the Seas, 1982

Sale Date: January 31, 2019

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

Sale Date: January 29, 2019

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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: January 15, 2019

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: January 28, 2019

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La Lune en Rodage, 1953

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La Lune en Rodage, 1953

Sale Date: January 28, 2019

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

Sale Date: January 17, 2019

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

Sale Date: January 14, 2019

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of , 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 19, 2018

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Pintorarium, Manifest in Kollaboration mit..., 1959

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Pintorarium, Manifest in Kollaboration mit..., 1959

Sale Date: December 18, 2018

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

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Couple surréaliste, 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 2018

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