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
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: June 14, 2016

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama (15 works), 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama (15 works), 1959

Sale Date: June 14, 2016

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1971–1972

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Look at it on a Rainy Day (Regentag..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 22, 2016

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: June 9, 2016

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1971

Sale Date: June 9, 2016

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 9, 2016

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Good Morning City (Normalausgabe) (from , 1969–1970

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Good Morning City (Normalausgabe) (from , 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 8, 2016

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„Good Morning City“, 1969–1970

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„Good Morning City“, 1969–1970

Sale Date: June 4, 2016

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

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

Sale Date: June 25, 2016

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu Dir, 1967

Sale Date: June 4, 2016

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Aus: La Lune en Rodage, 1959

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Aus: La Lune en Rodage, 1959

Sale Date: June 4, 2016

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A RAINY DAY ON THE REGENTAG, 1971

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A RAINY DAY ON THE REGENTAG, 1971

Sale Date: May 14, 2016

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Good Morning City. Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City. Bleeding Town

Sale Date: May 23, 2016

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Town in Town, 1979

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Town in Town, 1979

Sale Date: June 7, 2016

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953–1964

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Automobil mit roten Regentropfen, 1953–1964

Sale Date: June 7, 2016

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen,..., 1971–1972

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Die Häuser hängen unter den Wiesen,..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 7, 2016

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Good Morning City, Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good Morning City, Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: June 7, 2016

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Mein Beitrag für ‚La Lune en Rodage‘, 1953

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Mein Beitrag für ‚La Lune en Rodage‘, 1953

Sale Date: June 3, 2016

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

Sale Date: June 3, 2016

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Memento of a Trip, 1957

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Memento of a Trip, 1957

Sale Date: May 31, 2016

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Nine plates, from: Look at it on a..., 1971–1972

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Nine plates, from: Look at it on a..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 19, 2016

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Good Morning City, 1969, 1969

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Good Morning City, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: May 24, 2016

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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Green Power, 1972

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Green Power, 1972

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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