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.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Good morning City bleeding Town, 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good morning City bleeding Town, 1970

Sale Date: November 29, 2014

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Good Morning City, Series JJ, 1969–1970

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Good Morning City, Series JJ, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Irinaland über dem Balkan (from Look at , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Irinaland über dem Balkan (from Look at , 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien (from Look..., 1971–1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien (from Look..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Flucht ins All (from Look at It on a..., 1971–1972

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Flucht ins All (from Look at It on a..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: December 2, 2014

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Houses in Rain of Blood, 1961

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Houses in Rain of Blood, 1961

Sale Date: December 9, 2014

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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: December 9, 2014

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Homo Humus come va 10 001 nights, 1984

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Homo Humus come va 10 001 nights, 1984

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

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Save the Whales, 1982

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Save the Whales, 1982

Sale Date: November 20, 2014

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Testament in gelb, 1971

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Testament in gelb, 1971

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Sunset (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1966

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Sunset (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1966

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Waiting Houses (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1969

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Waiting Houses (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1969

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Regentag (portfolio of 10, 1971–1972

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Regentag (portfolio of 10, 1971–1972

Sale Date: November 14, 2014

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Wasserende am dach (La fin de la pluie..., 1985–1987

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Wasserende am dach (La fin de la pluie..., 1985–1987

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Die Araberin

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Sale Date: November 6, 2014

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Regentag on waves of love; and Two trees on..., 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag on waves of love; and Two trees on..., 1971

Sale Date: October 30, 2014

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Good Morning City, Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City, Bleeding Town

Sale Date: October 23, 2014

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Bottlehousebath, 1994

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Bottlehousebath, 1994

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Kleiner Palast der Krankheit (from Nana..., 1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kleiner Palast der Krankheit (from Nana..., 1970

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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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, 2014

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Hundertwasser Art Club (portfolio of 7), 1951

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hundertwasser Art Club (portfolio of 7), 1951

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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