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)
Les hauteurs de machu picchu (Nest of boxes), 1967

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Les hauteurs de machu picchu (Nest of boxes), 1967

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969

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Bleeding Town

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Bleeding Town

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Muenchen Olympics

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Muenchen Olympics

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Columbus' Rainy Day in India, 1971–1972

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Columbus' Rainy Day in India, 1971–1972

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Hundertwasser Regentag

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Hundertwasser Regentag

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Look at it on a rainy day

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Look at it on a rainy day

Sale Date: November 30, 2016

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777A Song of the Whales

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777A Song of the Whales

Sale Date: November 30, 2016

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town

Sale Date: December 6, 2016

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10002 Nights, 1984

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10002 Nights, 1984

Sale Date: November 26, 2016

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2 – 13 Schwimmende Fenster, 1979

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2 – 13 Schwimmende Fenster, 1979

Sale Date: November 26, 2016

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The Expulsion, 1967

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The Expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: November 26, 2016

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Flucht ins All, 1971

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Flucht ins All, 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2016

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen, 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2016

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Das Haus sieht einen Menschen brennen- 1962

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Das Haus sieht einen Menschen brennen- 1962

Sale Date: November 17, 2016

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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 3, 2016

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Meadowman, 1974

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Meadowman, 1974

Sale Date: December 3, 2016

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Straße der Überlebenden, Plate 2, from..., 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, Plate 2, from..., 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 2016

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PACIFIC STEAMER, 1985, 1985

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PACIFIC STEAMER, 1985, 1985

Sale Date: November 7, 2016

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, from

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, from "Look at it , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Strasse der Überlebenden, from

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Strasse der Überlebenden, from "Look at , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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