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
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Sad not so sad is rainshine from Rainday on..., 1968

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from Rainday on..., 1968

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Die Nachbarn I - Spiralsonne und Mondhaus, 1967

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Die Nachbarn I - Spiralsonne und Mondhaus, 1967

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GENESI - LA FETTA D'ANANAS (GENESIS -..., 1954

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GENESI - LA FETTA D'ANANAS (GENESIS -..., 1954

Sale Date: June 8, 2017

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1966–1973

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, 1966–1973

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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: May 31, 2017

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”The Expulsion”, 1967

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”The Expulsion”, 1967

Sale Date: June 7, 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: June 6, 2017

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Regentag, 1971

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Regentag, 1971

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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Mit der Liebe warten, tut weh, wenn die , 1971–1972

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Mit der Liebe warten, tut weh, wenn die , 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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La Barca - Regentag, 1968–1969

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La Barca - Regentag, 1968–1969

Sale Date: May 27, 2017

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Good Morning City / Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City / Bleeding Town

Sale Date: May 24, 2017

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

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Let us pray Manitou wins, 1981

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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TWO SMALL ISLANDS IN RICE PLANTED GENUINE..., 1961

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TWO SMALL ISLANDS IN RICE PLANTED GENUINE..., 1961

Sale Date: May 19, 2017

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, from

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, from "Look , 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 30, 2017

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Columbus Rainy Day, 1971–1972

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Columbus Rainy Day, 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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The false eyelash, 1967

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The false eyelash, 1967

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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Regentag, 1969

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Regentag, 1969

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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The Woodcut Works of Hundertwasser (complete , 1977

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The Woodcut Works of Hundertwasser (complete , 1977

Sale Date: May 23, 2017

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Die Seestrasse I, 1967

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Die Seestrasse I, 1967

Sale Date: May 11, 2017

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