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

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai-Lama, 1959

Sale Date: June 14, 2014

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Die Flucht des Dalai Lama, 1959

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Good Morning City / Bleeding Town

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Good Morning City / Bleeding Town

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 in wooden case), 1971–1972

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 in wooden case), 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 10, 2014

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One of five Seamen - il Marinao, 1975

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One of five Seamen - il Marinao, 1975

Sale Date: June 10, 2014

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Die Mauer, 1971

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Die Mauer, 1971

Sale Date: June 28, 2014

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Homo Humus Come va 10001 Nights (from 10002..., 1983

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Homo Humus Come va 10001 Nights (from 10002..., 1983

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Homo Humus Come Va 10001 Nights (10002)

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Homo Humus Come Va 10001 Nights (10002)

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IN GAMBA, 1987

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IN GAMBA, 1987

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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: June 5, 2014

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L'expulsion, opus 656, 1967

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L'expulsion, opus 656, 1967

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

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Die fünfte Augenwaage (from Look at it..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: June 18, 2014

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Homo Humus Humanitas Jinrui Al, 1986

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Homo Humus Humanitas Jinrui Al, 1986

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Little palace of illness, 1973

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Little palace of illness, 1973

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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Spiralental, 1983

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Spiralental, 1983

Sale Date: May 27, 2014

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Fall in cloud, 1979

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Fall in cloud, 1979

Sale Date: May 27, 2014

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The flight of the Dalai Lama (Lange Version), 1959

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The flight of the Dalai Lama (Lange Version), 1959

Sale Date: May 27, 2014

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Korallenblumen, 1988

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Korallenblumen, 1988

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1987–1988

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1987–1988

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Winter, 1987

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Winter, 1987

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

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Wasserende am Dach, 1987

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

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Fluss unter Dach, 1987

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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