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
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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971–1972

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Kolumbus Regentag in Indien, 1971–1972

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Good Morning City, 1970

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Good Morning City, 1970

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Das Ding das sich zwischen dem Winter und..., 1957

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Das Ding das sich zwischen dem Winter und..., 1957

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Pazifikdampfer, 1985

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Der Knabe mit den grünen Haaren, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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The rain falls far from us (from Midori No..., 1972

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The rain falls far from us (from Midori No..., 1972

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King Kong, 1968

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King Kong, 1968

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 in wooden case), 1971

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Regentag (portfolio of 10 in wooden case), 1971

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2-13 schwimmende Fenster, 1979

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2-13 schwimmende Fenster, 1979

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Die Mauer, 1979

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Die Mauer, 1979

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Häuser im Blutregen, 1961

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Schnee, 1987

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Schnee, 1987

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

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

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Fluß unter Dach, 1987

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Fluß unter Dach, 1987

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1987

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Bärnbacher Andacht im Sommer, 1987

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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht (Aus der Mappe..., 1971

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Brillen im kleinen Gesicht (Aus der Mappe..., 1971

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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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Nachtzug, 1979

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Nachtzug, 1979

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Der Abendländer, 1978

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Der Abendländer, 1978

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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

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

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

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

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Flucht ins All, pl. 4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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