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)

Save the Whales, 1982

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Save the Whales, 1982

Sale Date: December 11, 2018

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Good Morning City-Bleeding Town, 1969–1971

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Good Morning City-Bleeding Town, 1969–1971

Sale Date: December 11, 2018

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Blumenhaus, 1993

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Blumenhaus, 1993

Sale Date: December 5, 2018

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town., 1970–1971

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town., 1970–1971

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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Columbus Rainy Day in India, 1972

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Columbus Rainy Day in India, 1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

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Rainy day on the Regentag, 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

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Eyebalance number five, 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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It Hurts to Wait with Love if Love is..., 1971–1972

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It Hurts to Wait with Love if Love is..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Street for Survivors, 1971

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Street for Survivors, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Escape into space, 1971

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Escape into space, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Regentag on Waves of love, 1971

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Regentag on Waves of love, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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The Houses are Hanging Underneath the Meadows, 1971

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The Houses are Hanging Underneath the Meadows, 1971

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Sad not so sad is rainshine aus: Rainday on..., 1968

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sad not so sad is rainshine aus: Rainday on..., 1968

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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Hänser im Blutregen, 1961

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Hänser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: December 8, 2018

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Hommage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage a Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 23, 2018

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The expulsion L'expulsion (Originaltitel), 1967

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The expulsion L'expulsion (Originaltitel), 1967

Sale Date: November 23, 2018

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Look on it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Look on it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: December 8, 2018

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Haus und Spirale im Regen, 1963

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Haus und Spirale im Regen, 1963

Sale Date: December 8, 2018

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Die Araberin, 1955

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Die Araberin, 1955

Sale Date: December 8, 2018

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Regentag (Look at it on a rainy day), 1971

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Regentag (Look at it on a rainy day), 1971

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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