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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Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)
Rain of Blood is Falling, 1972

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Rain of Blood is Falling, 1972

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Car to Nature – Car to Creation, 1985

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Car to Nature – Car to Creation, 1985

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L’Atterrissage, 1997

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L’Atterrissage, 1997

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Blue Tears, 1997

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Blue Tears, 1997

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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Fall in Cloud Fall in Fog Fall out, 1979

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Fall in Cloud Fall in Fog Fall out, 1979

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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Arabian Woman

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Arabian Woman

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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Haus in Rosa Leuchtfarben, 1952

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Haus in Rosa Leuchtfarben, 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

Sale Date: November 27, 2015

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

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Nana Hyako Mizu, 1966–1972

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Nana Hyako Mizu, 1966–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Look at it on a rainy day, 1971–1972

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 2000

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 2000

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 2000

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 2000

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden, 1972

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Rain of Blood is Falling into the Garden, 1972

Sale Date: December 1, 2015

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One of Five Seamen, 1975

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One of Five Seamen, 1975

Sale Date: November 17, 2015

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Der Abendländer, 1978

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Der Abendländer, 1978

Sale Date: November 5, 2015

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Wiesenmann, 1974

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from Look , 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen, pl. 8 (from Look , 1971

Sale Date: November 5, 2015

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Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Look..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regen auf Regentag, pl. 5 (from Look..., 1971–1972

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from Look..., 1971

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Straße der Überlebenden, pl. 2 (from Look..., 1971

Sale Date: November 5, 2015

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Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (from Look at..., 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Die fünfte Augenwaage, pl. 1 (from Look at..., 1972

Sale Date: November 5, 2015

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