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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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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“L'expulsion” (The expulsion), 1967

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“L'expulsion” (The expulsion), 1967

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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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: December 6, 2017

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Fall in Cloud, Fall in Fog, Fall Out, 1979

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Fall in Cloud, Fall in Fog, Fall Out, 1979

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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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 5, 2017

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Gespräch mit einem Baum

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Gespräch mit einem Baum

Sale Date: December 12, 2017

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955

Sale Date: December 5, 2017

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La Barca - Regentag, 1928

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La Barca - Regentag, 1928

Sale Date: November 26, 2017

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Strasse der Überlebenden, 1971

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Strasse der Überlebenden, 1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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”Good Morning City - Bleeding Town”

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”Good Morning City - Bleeding Town”

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Good Morning City

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Good Morning City

Sale Date: November 21, 2017

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Good Morning City Bleeding Town, 1969

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Good Morning City Bleeding Town, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town, 1969

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Good Morning City – Bleeding Town, 1969

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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One of Five Seamen (Il Mariniao), 1975

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One of Five Seamen (Il Mariniao), 1975

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser, 1987

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Die Hüte tragen die japanischen Kaiser, 1987

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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Regentag, 1972

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Regentag, 1972

Sale Date: November 15, 2017

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: November 15, 2017

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Talks with the Beyond, 1987

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Talks with the Beyond, 1987

Sale Date: November 5, 2017

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Strasse der Überlebenden

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Strasse der Überlebenden

Sale Date: November 9, 2017

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Menschenfreude, 1987

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Menschenfreude, 1987

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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