Vienna Secession

It was founded on  3 April 1897 by artists Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, and others. Although the architect  Otto Wagner is one of the most important members, he was not a founding member. The first exhibition was held in 1898. In 1898, the group's exhibition house was built near Karlsplatz. It was designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, the exhibition building soon became known simply as "the Secession" (die Sezession). Their work was also published in a magazin called "Ver sacrum".

1903 Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstätten, a union of artists who wanted to reform  the applied arts (arts and crafts). 1905 Klimt and other artists left the group due to different opinions about art.

 Other Secession artists:
 Julius Exter
 Richard Gerstl
Max Fabiani
Oskar Kokoschka
 Jože Plečnik
 Carl Moll
 Koloman Moser
 Egon Schiele
 Malva Schalek
 Othmar Schimkowitz
Joseph Maria Olbrich

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