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, 1971

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969–1970

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 30, 2014

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A Little Palace of Illness, 1970

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A Little Palace of Illness, 1970

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Sunset, 1966

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Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Burning Winter, 1976

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Burning Winter, 1976

Sale Date: March 22, 2014

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Green Power, 1976

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Green Power, 1976

Sale Date: March 22, 2014

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Die Seereise I, 1967

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Die Seereise I, 1967

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

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Testament in Gelb, 1971

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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Figurkomposition

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Figurkomposition

Sale Date: March 18, 2014

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939 City Citizen Stadtstädter Cittadino Di..., 1994

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939 City Citizen Stadtstädter Cittadino Di..., 1994

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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858 The City Man Homme De La Cite HWG 84, 1984

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858 The City Man Homme De La Cite HWG 84, 1984

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Bottlehousebath WKV-Nr. 940, 1994

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Bottlehousebath WKV-Nr. 940, 1994

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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728 Meadowman, 1974

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728 Meadowman, 1974

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Pluie de sang, 1972

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Pluie de sang, 1972

Sale Date: March 21, 2014

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Regentag on waves of love

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Regentag on waves of love

Sale Date: March 15, 2014

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Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1972

Sale Date: March 3, 2014

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: March 3, 2014

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MORNING CITY BLEEDING TOWN, 1969

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MORNING CITY BLEEDING TOWN, 1969

Sale Date: March 15, 2014

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Save the Whales, 1982

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Save the Whales, 1982

Sale Date: February 20, 2014

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Olympische Spiele München (Posterversion), 1972

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Olympische Spiele München (Posterversion), 1972

Sale Date: February 10, 2014

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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (24 vols)

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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (24 vols)

Sale Date: June 26, 2013

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Good morning city Bleeding town, 1969

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Good morning city Bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: February 15, 2014

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