![]() The goals of the new movement in Vienna were expressed by the literary critic Hermann Bahr in the first issue of the new journal begun by the group, called Ver Sacrum ("Sacred Spring"). The movement took its name from Munich Secession movement that was founded in 1892. 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. The architect Otto Wagner joined the group shortly after it was founded. The Vienna Secession was founded on 3 April 1897 by artist Gustav Klimt, designer Koloman Moser, architects Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, Wilhelm Bernatzik and others. In its current form, the Secession exhibition gallery is independently led and managed by artists. ![]() 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. Their official magazine was called Ver Sacrum ( Sacred Spring, in Latin), which published highly stylised and influential works of graphic art. Their most influential architectural work was the Secession Building designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich as a venue for expositions of the group. They resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists in protest against its support for more traditional artistic styles. 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, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner and Gustav Klimt. Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner Bauhaus in Germany, Art Deco in America and Scandinavian design from 1940 to 1960.Top: Secession Building in Vienna designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich (1897–1898) Bottom: Excerpts of the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt (1902) Its trendsetting designs left a mark on design history and has influenced many 20 th century architects and designers, e.g. Their objective was to flood everyday life with artistic, high-quality products. Many of these were produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, which was a production cooperative of artists and craftsmen. I love the furniture and decorative objects. My favourite part of the exhibition was the last section (on the second floor). Oskar Kokoschka, poster for an art show, 1908 In 1900, Sigmund Freud published his major work ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ in which he analysed dreams in terms of unconscious desires and experiences. At the same time the human body became an object of research in disciplines such as medicine and psychology. They rejected the conservative and redefined connections between individuals and the world, everyday objects and their surroundings, buildings and streets. The exhibition tells the story of this group of artists from a new perspective, using skin as a theme. They were part of a movement called the Vienna Secession, which played a major role in the broader Art Nouveau movement and was led by Gustav Klimt. These Viennese artists had a huge impact on art and in particular on the birth of modernism in the early twentieth century. Vienna 1900, from Klimt to Schiele and Kokoschka. This is due to open in late 2021.įor more information on Plateforme 10 Under the Skin. It is the first museum here and construction is underway for another building that will house the Musée d’Elysée (photography) and mudac (Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts). It is located in a new art district, called Plateforme 10, next to the main train station in Lausanne. ![]() The building itself is impressive, newly built, it opened in October 2019. Gustav Klimt second from left, sitting in a chair. Founding members of the Viennese Secession.
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