Vienna Secession

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art movement artists' association

The Vienna Secession was an Austrian art movement founded in 1897 by artists such as Gustav Klimt, who sought to break from academic traditions and promote modern, stylistically innovative art and design.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Austrian Expressionism 1
Vienna Secession movement 1
Vienna Secession style 1
Viennese Modernism 1
Viennese Secession 1
Wiener Werkstätte design 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
artists' association ⓘ
architectOfAssociatedBuilding Joseph Maria Olbrich ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Secession Building ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
dissolved 1939 ⓘ
fieldOfWork art criticism ⓘ
exhibition organization ⓘ
graphic design for posters ⓘ
foundedBy Carl Moll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernst Stöhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gustav Klimt ⓘ
Josef Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Maria Olbrich ⓘ
Koloman Moser ⓘ
Max Kurzweil ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
genre architecture ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ
painting ⓘ
hasMotto To every age its art, to art its freedom ⓘ
hasPublication Ver Sacrum ⓘ
headquartersLocation Secession Building ⓘ
historicalContext fin de siècle Vienna ⓘ
inception 1897 ⓘ
influenced Modernist architecture in Vienna ⓘ
Wiener Werkstätte ⓘ
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
surface form: British Arts and Crafts movement

Art Nouveau ⓘ
surface form: French Art Nouveau

Symbolism ⓘ
location Vienna ⓘ
movement Art Nouveau ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
notableMember Egon Schiele ⓘ
Gustav Klimt ⓘ
Josef Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Koloman Moser ⓘ
Oskar Kokoschka ⓘ
notableWork Beethoven Frieze ⓘ
opposedTo Vienna Künstlerhaus Association ⓘ
partOf Secession ⓘ
surface form: European Secession movements
purpose break with academic art traditions ⓘ
promote modern art ⓘ
unite fine and applied arts ⓘ
styleCharacteristic flat decorative surfaces ⓘ
geometric ornament ⓘ
symbolic imagery ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secession style → alsoKnownAs → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vienna Secession style
Secession style → associatedMovement → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Egon Schiele → associatedWith → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vienna Secession movement
Fernand Khnopff → associatedWith → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Oskar Kokoschka → associatedWith → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Secession → associatedWith → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Belvedere Palace, Vienna → collectionFocus → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viennese Modernism
Secession → hasPart → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Gustav Klimt → memberOf → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Egon Schiele → movement → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Gustav Klimt → movement → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Self-Portrait with Physalis → movement → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austrian Expressionism
Art Nouveau → relatedMovement → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Glasgow Style → relatedTo → Vienna Secession ⓘ
Neue Galerie New York → specializesIn → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viennese Secession
Neue Galerie New York → specializesIn → Vienna Secession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wiener Werkstätte design