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)
Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

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Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

Sale Date: July 28, 2016

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10002 Nights, Homo Humus Come Va, 1984

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10002 Nights, Homo Humus Come Va, 1984

Sale Date: July 26, 2016

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Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

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Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

Sale Date: July 14, 2016

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Yellow Last Will, 1971

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Yellow Last Will, 1971

Sale Date: July 11, 2016

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Title Page for Art Club Portfolio (two works),...

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Title Page for Art Club Portfolio (two works),...

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Singing Steamers and Girl with Eyeglasses,..., 1951

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Singing Steamers and Girl with Eyeglasses,..., 1951

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Take Care When you Cross the Prairie

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Take Care When you Cross the Prairie

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Spiral with Neuffer Heads

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Spiral with Neuffer Heads

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Three Works from ArtClub Rotaprint..., 1951

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Three Works from ArtClub Rotaprint..., 1951

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Spiral Tree Austrian Stamps, 1975 and Shadow , 1975

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Spiral Tree Austrian Stamps, 1975 and Shadow , 1975

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Island of Lost Desire

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Island of Lost Desire

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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The Face and Skyscraper with Trees, from the , 1951

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The Face and Skyscraper with Trees, from the , 1951

Sale Date: June 27, 2016

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Eyebalance number five, 1970–1971

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Eyebalance number five, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Crusade of the Crossroaders, 1970–1971

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Crusade of the Crossroaders, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1970–1971

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Irinaland over the Balkans, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Columbus Rainy Day in India, 1970–1971

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Columbus Rainy Day in India, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Rainy day on the Regentag

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Rainy day on the Regentag

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1970–1971

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1970–1971

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It hurts to wait with love if love is..., 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Good Morning City Bleeding Town, 1969

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Good Morning City Bleeding Town, 1969

Sale Date: June 29, 2016

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Lacrime blue, 1997

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Lacrime blue, 1997

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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Pacific steamer, 1985

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Pacific steamer, 1985

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

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Regentropfenzähler, 1981

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971–1972

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The houses are hanging underneath the..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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