The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Moder ...

, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including

Josef Hoffman Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrians, Austrian-Sudeten Germans, Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. His most famous architect ...

Koloman Moser Koloman Moser (; 30 March 1868 – 18 October 1918) was an Austrian artist who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art. He was one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werks ...

Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau mov ...

and

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's p ...

. They resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists in protest against its support for more traditional artistic styles. Their most influential architectural work was the

Secession Building The Secession Building (german: Secessionsgebäude) is an exhibition hall in Vienna, Austria. It was completed in 1898 by Joseph Maria Olbrich as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession, a group of rebel artists that seceded from the ...

Joseph Maria Olbrich Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders. Early life Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic), the third child of Edmund and Aloisia O ...

as a venue for expositions of the group. Their official magazine was called '' Ver Sacrum'' (''Sacred Spring'', in Latin), which published highly stylised and influential works of graphic art. In 1905 the group itself split, when some of the most prominent members, including Klimt, Wagner, and Hoffmann, resigned in a dispute over priorities, but it continued to function, and still functions today, from its headquarters in the Secession Building. In its current form, the Secession exhibition gallery is independently led and managed by artists.

History

Founding

The Vienna Secession was founded on 3 April 1897 by artist

, designer

, architects

Josef Hoffmann Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrians, Austrian-Sudeten Germans, Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. His most famous architect ...

and

Max Kurzweil Maximilian Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil (12 October 1867, Bisenz – 9 May 1916, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna in 1879. Maximillian or Max Kurzweil studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with ...

Wilhelm Bernatzik Wilhelm Bernatzik (18 May 1853 – 25 or 26 November 1906) was an Austrian painter. Life Bernatzik was born in Mistelbach. He was the brother of the constitutional law teacher Edmund Bernatzik. Initially a law student at his father's request, ...

and others. The architect

joined the group shortly after it was founded. The goals stated at the founding included establishing contact and an exchange of ideas with artists outside Austria, disputing artistic nationalism, renewing the decorative arts; creating a "total art", that unified painting, architecture, and the decorative arts; and, in particular, opposing the domination of the official Vienna Academy of the Arts, the Vienna ''Künstlerhaus'', and official art salons, with its traditional orientation toward

Historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying their history, that is, by studying the process by which they came about. The term is widely ...

. The movement took its name from

Munich Secession The Munich Secession was an association of visual artists who broke away from the mainstream Munich Artists' Association in 1892, to promote and defend their art in the face of what they considered official paternalism and its conservative polic ...

movement that was founded in 1892. The goals of the new movement in Vienna were expressed by the literary critic

Hermann Bahr Hermann Anastas Bahr (; 19 July 1863 – 15 January 1934) was an Austrian writer, playwright, director, and critic. Biography Born and raised in Linz, Bahr studied in Vienna, Graz, Czernowitz and Berlin, devoting special attention to philosoph ...

in the first issue of the new journal begun by the group, called '' Ver Sacrum'' ("Sacred Spring"). Bahr wrote, "Our art is not a combat of modern artists against those of the past, but the promotion of the arts against the peddlers who pose as artists and who have a commercial interest in not letting art bloom. The choice between commerce and art is the issue at stake in our Secession. It is not a debate over aesthetics, but a confrontation between two different spiritual states."Fahr-Becker, ''L'Art Nouveau'', pp. 335–340 At the beginning, the Secession had fifty members, and at its first elected the painter

as its president. Other founding or early members included the architect

, the designer

, the designer and architect

, and the painters

and

Alphonse Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorat ...

, who resided in Paris and was already famous for his Art Nouveau posters. The established painter

Rudolf von Alt Rudolf Ritter von Alt (; 28 August 1812 – 12 March 1905) was an Austrian landscape and architectural painter. Born as Rudolf Alt, he could call himself von Alt and bear the title of a Ritter (knight) after he gained nobility in 1889. Biogra ...

, eighty-five years old, was chosen as the Honorary President of the group, and he led a delegation with an invitation to the Emperor

Franz-Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until hi ...

to attend the first Exposition. The first architectural project of the Secession was the creation of an exhibit space which would introduce international artists and art movements to Vienna. The architect was

, a student of

; and his domed gallery building, with a sculptural frieze over the entrance, in the center of Vienna, became the symbol of the movement. It was the first dedicated gallery of contemporary art in the city. This helped make the

French Impressionists Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passa ...

and others familiar to the Viennese public. The 14th Secession exhibition in 1902, designed by

and dedicated to

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

, was especially famous. A statue of Beethoven by

Max Klinger Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmak ...

stood at the center, with Klimt's Beethoven frieze mounted around it. The Klimt frieze has been restored and can be seen in the gallery today.

Split within the Secession

In 1899, Olbrich left Vienna to join the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony. In 1900, he obtained

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citizenship and did not work in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

again. In 1903, Hoffmann and Moser founded the

Wiener Werkstätte The Wiener Werkstätte (engl.: ''Vienna Workshop''), established in 1903 by the graphic designer and painter Koloman Moser, the architect Josef Hoffmann and the patron Fritz Waerndorfer, was a productive association in Vienna, Austria that b ...

as a fine-arts society with the goal of reforming the applied arts (arts and crafts). In 1907,

and Hoffmann personally became founding members of

Deutscher Werkbund The Deutscher Werkbund (English: "German Association of Craftsmen"; ) is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The Werkbund became an important element in the development of modern arch ...

. An important division soon emerged inside the Secession between those who wished to give precedence to the painters and the traditional fine arts, and others, including Klimt, Hoffmann, Wagner, Moser and others who favored equal treatment for the decorative arts. This dispute came to a head in 1905 when a prominent painter in the group,

Carl Moll Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (23 April 1861 – 13 April 1945) was a prominent art nouveau painter active in Vienna at the start of the 20th century. He was one of the artists of the Vienna Secession who took inspiration from the pointillist techni ...

, proposed that the Secession purchase the Gallery Miethke, as an outlet for its work. This was supported by Klimt, Wagner, Hoffmann, Moser, and others. The issue was put to a vote by the members, and Klimt and his supporters lost by a single vote. On June 14, 1905, Klimt, Hoffmann, Moser and a group of other artists resigned from the Secession.

Later years

The Secession continued to function after the departure of Klimt, Hoffmann, Wagner and their supporters, giving regular exhibitions in the Secession building, but they lacked the originality and excitement of the earlier period. The designer

Peter Behrens Peter Behrens (14 April 1868 – 27 February 1940) was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces, an ...

became a member of the Secession in 1938. Under the regime of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

the Secession building was destroyed as a symbol of

degenerate art Degenerate art (german: Entartete Kunst was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, ...

, but was faithfully reconstructed following

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. In 1945, following the War, Hoffmann rejoined the Vienna Secession, the artistic movement from which he, Klimt and Wagner had dramatically quit in 1905. He was elected President of the Secession from 1948 to 1950. The Secession continues to function today, holding regular exhibitions in the Secession Hall.

Genres of Art

Painting and Graphic Arts

File:Ernst_Stöhr,_Vampir,_1899.png, Vampire in Ver Sacrum #12 (1899) p. 8 by

Ernst Stöhr Ernst Stöhr (1 November 1860, Sankt Pölten – 17 June 1917, Sankt Pölten) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, writer and amateur musician; one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession. Biography His father, Karl (1825–1909), w ...

File:Klimt - Beethovenfries - Mittelwand.jpg, Section of the

Beethoven Frieze The ''Beethoven Frieze'' is a painting by Gustav Klimt on display in the Secession Building, Vienna, Austria. Description In 1901, Klimt painted the ''Beethoven Frieze'' for the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibition in celebration of the composer ...

in the

(1902) File:Alfred roller, XIV austellung... secession, vienna 1902, 02.jpg, Poster for the 14th Secession Exhibit (1902), by

Alfred Roller Alfred Roller (2 October 1864 – 21 June 1935) was an Austrian Painting, painter, graphic designer, and set designer. His wife was Mileva Roller and they were members of the Viennese Secession movement. Life and work Roller was born in Br ...

File:Kolo Moser - Serpentinentänzerin - ca1902.jpeg, ''Dance'' by

(1902), inspired by dancer

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File:Maximilian_Liebenwein_-_aus_dem_Märchen_Die_Gänsemagd.jpg, Illustration to

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Maximilian Liebenwein Maximilian Albert Josef Liebenwein (11 April 1869 – 17 July 1926) was an Austrian-German painter, graphic artist and book illustrator, in the Impressionist and Art Nouveau styles. He spent significant time in Vienna, Munich and Burghausen, A ...

, published in ''Ver Sacrum'' in 1902 File:Josef_Maria_Auchentaller_-_Plakat_Seebad_Grado_-_Leopold_Museum_1906.jpg, Advertising poster of

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Josef Maria Auchentaller Josef Maria Auchentaller (2 August 1865 – 31 December 1949) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, and printmaker associated with the Vienna Secession and the Art Nouveau style. Early life Josef Auchentaller attended the Technical College in Vienna ...

(1906) File:Dame_in_Gelb_Max_Kurzweil_1907.jpg, Woman in a Yellow Dress by

(1907) File:The Kiss - Gustav Klimt - Google Cultural Institute.jpg, The Kiss by

(1907–08)

Architecture

Along with painters and sculptors, several prominent architects were associated the Vienna Secession, most notably

and

. In 1897-98 Olbrich designed the

to display the art of Klimt and the members of the group, and also by foreign artists, including

Eugène Grasset Eugène Samuel Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design. Biography G ...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macd ...

, and

Arnold Bocklin Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Uni ...

became the principal designer of exhibitions at the Secession House. The dome and stylized facade became a symbol of the movement. A group of artists including

Othmar Schimkowitz Othmar Schimkowitz (2 October 1864 in Tárts, Komárom County – 24 April 1947 in Graz) was a Hungarian-born architectural sculptor who worked on the greatest landmarks of the Vienna Secession. Life Schimkowitz studied at the Academy of Fin ...

Jože Plečnik Jože Plečnik () (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge an ...

, and others, under the direction of architect

, decorated two apartment buildings Wagner designed; the

Linke Wienzeile Buildings The Linke Wienzeile Buildings are two apartment buildings in Vienna constructed by Otto Wagner in 1898-99 in the Vienna Secession style. They are both lavishly decorated with colorful tiles, sculpture and wrought iron. One house, at 40 Linke W ...

in 1898–1899. The building at Linke Wienzeile 40 is known as ''Majolikahaus'' or Majolica House. Its facade is entirely covered with

majolica In different periods of time and in different countries, the term ''majolica'' has been used for two distinct types of pottery. Firstly, from the mid-15th century onwards, was ''maiolica'', a type of pottery reaching Italy from Spain, Majorca ...

, or colorful fired clay tiles in floral designs. The Art Nouveau ornaments of its facade was done by his student . The other building, ''Linke Wienzeile 38'', is known as ''House with medallions'' because of its decor of gilded stucco medallions by Wagner's student and frequent collaborator,

. The most ornate earlier decoration was removed but later restored. During this period,

also built extraordinarily stylized stations for the new Vienna urban transport system, the

Stadtbahn ' (; German for "city railway"; plural ') is a German word referring to various types of urban rail transport. One type of transport originated in the 19th century, firstly in Berlin and followed by Vienna, where rail routes were created that co ...

, which also became the symbols of the Secession style. The most famous of these is the

Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station is a former station of the Viennese ''Stadtbahn''. The buildings above ground on Karlsplatz are a well-known example of ''Jugendstil'' architecture. These buildings were included in The Vienna Secession, as they follo ...

in the center of Vienna,

was his collaborator for this project. The style of these buildings marked a transition toward more geometric forms, and the beginnings of modernism. Wagner's later buildings built after 1899, including the Church of St. Leopold (1902–1907) and especially the

Austrian Postal Savings Bank The Austrian Postal Savings Bank building (German language: ''Österreichische Postsparkasse'') is a famous building in Vienna, designed and built by the architect Otto Wagner. The building is regarded as an important work of Vienna Secession, bra ...

(1903–1906, extended at 1910–12), had straight lines and geometric forms, a striking use of new materials, such reinforced concrete and aluminum, and a minimum of decoration on the facade or inside. The work of

also showed a gradual transition away from floral designs and curving lines. His best-known building, the

Palais Stoclet The Stoclet Palace (french: Palais Stoclet, nl, Stocletpaleis) is a mansion in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet. Built between 1905 and 1911 in the Vienna S ...

in Brussels, had a tower of stacked cubic forms, minimum ornament on the facade, and an interior of right angles and geometric designs. The only Art Nouveau elements were the murals by

. The Palais Stoclet best illustrated Hoffmann's transition from Art Nouveau toward modernism. Secession 2016, Vienna.jpg,

(1897-8) Majolikahaus_Detail_10.JPG, Floral design by Alois Ludwig on the facade of one of the

(1898) Wienzeile.JPG, A medallion by

and sculptures by

at Linke Wienzeile 38 (1898) Penzing (Wien) - Kirche am Steinhof (2).JPG, Church of St. Leopold by

(1902-1907) Wien - Österreichische Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz.JPG,

(1904-1912) Woluwe-St-Pierre - Hoffmann 050917 (1).jpg,

Stoclet Palace The Stoclet Palace (french: Palais Stoclet, nl, Stocletpaleis) is a mansion in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet. Built between 1905 and 1911 in the Vienna S ...

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(1905-1911)

Furniture

Secession architects often designed furniture to accompany their architectural projects, along with carpets, lamps, wallpaper, and even bathroom fixtures and even towels. The furniture presented by the Secession at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition was particularly praised, and won international attention for its creators, including

Else Unger Else Unger was an Austrian designer of the decorative arts. Unger was connected to the Vienna Secession movement. Education Unger was a student of the Kunstgewerbeschule Wein (School of Applied Arts, Austria). Work A member of the Wiener W ...

and Emilio Zago. Later in the movement, in 1902, the architect

designed chairs using modern materials, including aluminum, combined with wood, to match the architecture of his

building. In 1905 Josef Hoffmann produced an adjustable-backed chair which reflected the more geometric forms of the late Secession. File:Otto wagner, sedia con braccioli n.8, vienna 1898-99.jpg, Armchair by Otto Wagner (1898–99) File:Pillar cabinet (pfeilerschrank) - LACMA M.2007.162.jpg, Cabinet by

, of maple, fruitwood, ebony and brass (c. 1900) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) File:Fauteuil de J.M. Olbrich (Musée de la colonie dartistes, Darmstadt) (7928651530).jpg, Armchair by

made for the

Darmstadt Artists' Colony The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony refers both to a group of Jugendstil artists as well as to the buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt in which these artists lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The artists were largely fi ...

(1900) File:Armchair model 718 F, Otto Wagner, Vienna, made by Gebruder Thonet, c. 1905-1906, beechwood, aluminum, caning under upholstery - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada - DSC09152.jpg, Otto Wagner, Armchair of beechwood, aluminum, and cane under the upholstery (1905–06) (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) File:Otto wagner, armadio, creato per la sede del giornale die zeit a vienna, 1902.JPG, Cabinet made for the offices of the newspaper ''Die Zeit'',

, (1902) File:Otto wagner, tavolino portavivande, creato per la villa dell'artista, vienna 1904.JPG, Wagner, Otto, Portable table made for Wagner's villa (1904) File:Bookcase - LACMA M.2003.29.jpg, Bookcase by

(1902) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) File:Koloman_Moser_-_Inlaid_Armoire_from_the_Eisler-Terramare_Apartment_Bedroom_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg, Inlaid Armoire by

(1903) (Leopold Museum) File:Ngv design, josef hoffmann, adjustable-back chair (stitzmachine) 1905 circa 02.JPG, Adjustable-back chair ''Model 670 "Sitzmaschine"'' by

(1905)

Glass

Glass, particularly stained glass windows, played a significant part in the Vienna Secession.

Leopold Forstner Leopold Forstner (2 November 1878 in Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria – 5 November 1936 in Stockerau) was an artist who was part of the Viennese Secession movement, working in the Jugendstil style, focusing particularly on the mosaic as a form. Bi ...

was in important artist in this domain, working closely with

and other architects. He designed the windows for the

, one of the landmarks of the Vienna Secession style, and also for the

St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church (German: ''Friedhofskirche zum heiligen Karl Borromäus'') is a Roman Catholic church in the Vienna Central Cemetery The Vienna Central Cemetery (german: Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is one of the largest ceme ...

, the most notable of Vienna Secession churches. Another notable figure in Secession glass art was Johann Loetz Witwe, who made a striking series of iridescent vases which won a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition. File:Johann loetz witwe, vaso iridescente giallo e blu, serie farfalle 1900.jpg, Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe (1900) File:Johann loetz witwe, vasi iridescenti, 1900.jpg, Iridescent vases by Johann Loetz Witwe (1900) File:Karl-Borromäus-Kirche-Innen2.jpg, Stained glass window of

(1908-1911) File:Phänomen.jpg, Loetz Phänomen 2/484 'Medici' in Maron glass (10") File:Spreading Chestnut.jpg, thumb

Ceramics

Mosaics of

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelai ...

tiles were another important element of the Vienna Secession style. They were used to decorate both building facades and interiors.

used them to decorate the Majolika House, where they served both as decoration and for a practical purpose; the facade could be efficiently cleaned with the use of fire hoses. File:Wien - Otto-Wagner-Kirche, Innenansicht.JPG, Altar wall mosaics of Church of St. Leopold by Leopold Forstner File:Otto-Wagner-Kirche Seitenaltar links 2.jpg, Altar mosaics of Church of St. Leopold by Bruno Mayer (1903-1907)

Other genres

File:Wien_-_Marc-Anton-Monument_(2).JPG, The monument to

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by Arthur Strasser (1899) File:Klinger_Beethoven2.jpg, ''Beethoven torso'' statue by

for XIV Secession exhibition (1902) File:Jugendstil lamp - Friedhofskirche zum Heiligen Karl Borromäus - Max Hegele - Vienna.jpg, A lamp in

File:Ankeruhr Wien.jpg, clock by

Franz Matsch Franz Josef Karl Edler von Matsch (16 September 1861, in Vienna – 5 October 1942, in Vienna), also known as Franz Matsch, was an Austrian painter and sculptor in the Jugendstil style. Along with Gustav and Ernst Klimt, he was a member of the Ma ...

(1911-1914)

Influence

Art Palace in Kraków, Poland, September 2019, 01

Art Nouveau is called after Vienna Secession in languages of former

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: hu, szecesszió, cs, secese, sk, secesia, pl, secesja. Vienna Secession also influenced the Polish movement ''

Młoda Polska Young Poland ( pl, Młoda Polska) was a modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. It was a result of strong aesthetic opposition to the earlier ideas of Positivism. Young ...

'' (Young Poland), that was also inclusive of other than Art Nouveau artistic styles and encompassed a broader approach to art, literature, and lifestyle. Vienna Secession influenced not only movements but also particular architects, e.g. Russian

Illarion Ivanov-Schitz Illarion Aleksandrovich Ivanov-Schitz (russian: Илларио́н Алекса́ндрович Иванов-Шиц; 18651937) was a Russian architect, notable for developing a unique personal style, blending the Vienna Secession school of Otto Wa ...

who created his own unique style on its base. From the mid-1890s onwards,

Mintons Mintons was a major company in Staffordshire pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era", an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, ...

in England made major contributions to

ceramics, many designed by Marc-Louis Solon's son Leon Solon and his colleague

John Wadsworth John Wadsworth (1850 – 10 July 1921) was a British trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician. Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorksh ...

. Leon Solon was hired by Mintons after his work was published in the hugely influential design magazine '' The Studio'' and he worked for the company from 1895 to 1905, including a brief stint as Art Director. Solon introduced designs influenced by the Vienna Secession, and a range in earthenware made from about 1901 to 1916 was branded as "Secessionist Ware". It was made mostly using industrial techniques that kept it relatively cheap, and was aimed at a broad market. The range concentrated on items bought singly or in pairs, such as jugs or vases, rather than full table services.

Commemoration

The Secession movement was selected as the theme for an Austrian commemorative coin: the 100 euro Secession commemorative coin minted on 10 November 2004. On the obverse side there is a view of the Secession exhibition hall in

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. The reverse side features a small portion of the ''

'' by

. The extract from the painting features three figures: a knight in armor representing Armed Strength, one woman in the background symbolizing Ambition and holding up a wreath of victory, and a second woman representing Sympathy with lowered head and clasped hands. On the obverse side of the Austrian € 0,50 or 50 euro-cent coin, the Vienna Secession Building figures within a circle, symbolising the birth of the movement and a new age in the country.

Other Secession artists

Artists of Vienna Secession not mentioned above are: *

Teodor Axentowicz Teodor Axentowicz (Armenian: Թեոդոր Աքսենտովիչ; 13 May 1859 in Brașov, Austrian Empire – 26 August 1938 in Kraków, Second Polish Republic) was a Polish-Armenian painter and university professor. A renowned artist of his times, h ...

Renate Bertlmann Renate Bertlmann (born 1943, Vienna, Austria) is a leading Austrian feminist avant-garde visual artist, who since the early 1970s has focused on issues surrounding themes of sexuality, love, gender and eroticism within a social context, with her ...

* Adolf Michael Boehm *

Julian Fałat Julian Fałat, (30 July 1853 in Tuligłowy near Lwów – 9 July 1929 in Bystra Śląska) was one of the most prolific Polish painters of watercolor and one of the country's foremost landscape painters as well as one of the leading Polish impr ...

* Wlastimil Hofman *

Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following a century of Partitions. He is regarded as the ...

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* Maximilian Pirner *

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* Jan Stanisławski *

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References

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, Wiener Secession, Wien. * Schorske, Carl E. "Gustav Klimt: Painting and the Crisis of the Liberal Ego" in ''Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture''. Vintage Books, 1981. * * Sekler, Eduard F. "Josef Hoffmann The Architectural Work". Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1985. * Topp, Leslie. "Architecture and truth in fin-de-siecle vienna". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2004.

External links

Association of Visual Artists Vienna SecessionGraphic design of the Vienna Secession

iKlimt.com, Life and Work of Gustav Klimt

Exhibition catalogues of the Vienna Secession in the digital library of Belvedere, Vienna

Josef Hoffmann Biografie at WOKA (de/en)

Wiener Werkstaette

Arts and Crafts in Vienna 1900

Senses: Vienna Secession

The Vienna Secession in a video-portrait by CastYourArt
Vienna 2011
"This Kiss to the Whole World" ''Klimt and the Vienna Secession'' (NYARC)
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