Gustav Klimt, Judith with Holofernes' Head, 1901 Klimt and others are famous for their highly decorative compositions, which have something in common with the French Art Nouveau (New Art) movement that took place around the same time. The term 'Secession' in the name of the art movement refers to the consciousness of German-speaking artists in the 19th century who sought to separate themselves from historical painting and traditional art. Its official name is the 'Austrian Society of Plastic Artists. The Vienna Secession was founded in 1897 in Vienna by the painter Gustav Klimt The term 'Vienna Secession' refers to a group of emerging artists formed in Vienna in 1897 around the painter Gustav Klimt.

💡Many artists have a strong sense of originality 💡Collected symbolist and expressionist artists 💡A group that emerged at the end of the 19th century as a rebellion against the conservatism of Viennese art While we may never see a more powerful and sudden jolt in the way that architecture transforms throughout time, we have the Vienna Secession to thank for opening the path for artists and architects to introduce modernism as we know it.Egon Schiele｜Self-portrait with his head down, 1912 The front featured the Secession building, and the back featured a frieze by Klimt. In 2004, one hundred years after the group dissolved, the country issued a cold collectors coin on a 100 Euro. The movement is even considered a moment of cultural identity in Austria. Its memory is cemented in the Secessionist building, Klimt’s artwork including “The Kiss”, and Otto Wagner’s Karlsplatz Metro Station. Regardless, the movement was a critical precedent that significantly contributed to the rise of culture in Austria throughout the 20th century. Eventually, internal disagreements and the increase in consumerism distinguished the movement.

The Vienna Secession, despite its meteoric rise, changed over the years as its members began to focus on their individual pursuits and artistic interests. Image © Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Save this picture! Karlsplatz Metro Station. Their goal was to break conservative traditions that rooted themselves in history and create an internationalist, all-encompassing view of artistic genres that was both contemporary and timeless. It established the Union of Austrian Artists, known as Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs, or the Vienna Secession. In 1897, a group of well-known Austrian creatives, including Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Gustav Klimt resigned from their posts at the Association of Austrian Artists.

However, as architecture tends to be a lagging trend, many designers and artists felt that the ambiguity of what this era would bring would remain if significant action was not taken. At the end of the 19th century, a group of artists and architects aimed to explore what art should be as it pertained to filtering global influences in a way that could introduce new modernism.ĭuring this time, Europe was undergoing a renaissance, as empires collapsed, new countries and governments emerged, new discoveries in sciences and technologies thrust society into a new world. The Vienna Secession was undoubtedly the latter. While some shifts occur over a period of several years, others are experienced as a sudden revolt. All architecture movements throughout history spur from shifts in society that demand a new style that better reflects the way that technology has advanced the practice and how people express their political, religious, and moral beliefs and practices.

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