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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Flight of the Dali Lama, 1959

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Flight of the Dali Lama, 1959

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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THE OCCIDENTAL (KOSCHATZKY/KERTÉSZ 71), 1978

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THE OCCIDENTAL (KOSCHATZKY/KERTÉSZ 71), 1978

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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Hide Under the Meadow it Begins to Rain, 1976

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Hide Under the Meadow it Begins to Rain, 1976

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Sad not so sad in rainshine, from Rainday on , 1968

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Sad not so sad in rainshine, from Rainday on , 1968

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

Sale Date: October 29, 2016

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1988

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1988

Sale Date: October 29, 2016

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

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Gesang der Wale, 1979

Sale Date: October 15, 2016

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The Pond, 1978, 1978

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The Pond, 1978, 1978

Sale Date: September 17, 2016

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Les abres sont les fleurs du bieu, 1982, 1982

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Les abres sont les fleurs du bieu, 1982, 1982

Sale Date: September 17, 2016

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Concentric Square with Lips, 1989

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Concentric Square with Lips, 1989

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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Silent Steamers, 1993–1994

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Silent Steamers, 1993–1994

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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City Citizen, 1994

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City Citizen, 1994

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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Bottlehousebath, 1994

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Bottlehousebath, 1994

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do

Sale Date: September 23, 2016

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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: September 23, 2016

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Testament in Gelb (testament in yellow), 1970

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Testament in Gelb (testament in yellow), 1970

Sale Date: September 23, 2016

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Large Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lithograph, 1976

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Large Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lithograph, 1976

Sale Date: September 24, 2016

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Fall in Cloud, Fall in Fog, Fall Out, 1973

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Fall in Cloud, Fall in Fog, Fall Out, 1973

Sale Date: September 11, 2016

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Homage to Schroder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: September 18, 2016

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Picaudiere Seeshaupt Giudecca, 1969

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Picaudiere Seeshaupt Giudecca, 1969

Sale Date: August 24, 2016

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Look at It on a Rainy Day, 1971

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Look at It on a Rainy Day, 1971

Sale Date: August 24, 2016

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Spiralental, 1983

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Spiralental, 1983

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Wooden Portfolio Box for ‘Regentag’, 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Wooden Portfolio Box for ‘Regentag’, 1971–1972

Sale Date: August 10, 2016

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