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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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

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Des Mandarins Lied vom weißen Nebel, 1992

Sale Date: December 3, 2015

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Recht auf Träume aus: Joy of man, 1987

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Recht auf Träume aus: Joy of man, 1987

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Automobil in Richtung Natur und Schöpfung, 1987

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Automobil in Richtung Natur und Schöpfung, 1987

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Pazifikdampfer, 1986

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Pazifikdampfer, 1986

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Plakat: Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Plakat: Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen aus: Regentag..., 1971

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen aus: Regentag..., 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan aus: Regentag..., 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan aus: Regentag..., 1971

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien aus: Regentag..., 1971

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien aus: Regentag..., 1971

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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

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Straße der Überlebenden aus: Regentag (Look..., 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden aus: Regentag (Look..., 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage aus: Regentag (Look at , 1971

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Die fünfte Augenwaage aus: Regentag (Look at , 1971

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10002 Nights

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Homo Humus Come Va – 10002 Nights

Sale Date: November 28, 2015

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Look at it on a rainy Day (set of 10), 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy Day (set of 10), 1971–1972

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JARDIN COLLINAIRE AUTOUR DE LA COLLINE, 1960

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JARDIN COLLINAIRE AUTOUR DE LA COLLINE, 1960

Sale Date: December 9, 2015

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Look at it on a rainy day (wooden case..., 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day (wooden case..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 26, 2015

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Ruhige Dampfer, 1994

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Ruhige Dampfer, 1994

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Little palace of Illness, 1973

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Little palace of Illness, 1973

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Relation of a Spider, 1971

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Relation of a Spider, 1971

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Der endlose Weg zu dir, 1967

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Sonnenuntergang, 1966

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Sonnenuntergang, 1966

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1002 Nights Homo Humus, 1982–1983

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1002 Nights Homo Humus, 1982–1983

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Abschied aus Afrika, 1967

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1978

Sale Date: December 4, 2015

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