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Katalog der X. Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession. [detail]
I Ausstellung
Katalog der X. Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession. [detail]
II Ausstellung
Katalog der I. Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs.
Vienna Secession exhibition catalog. I exhibition 1898.
Katalog der II. Kunstausstellung der Vereinigung Bild. Künstler Österreichs.
Vienna Secession exhibition catalog. II Exhibition, November-December 1899.
Secession II
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908), Secession II, 1898. Poster. Color lithograph, 58 x 51 cm. Acquired by exchange. 329.1977. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) was the architect of the Secession building. He also designed this poster with its elegant cursive “S”s. Richard Harflinger (1873-1948) remade the poster for a 1913 exhibition of Secession posters.
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) was the architect of the Secession building. He also designed this poster with its elegant cursive “S”s. Richard Harflinger (1873-1948) remade the poster for a 1913 exhibition of Secession posters.
Secession I
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Secession I, 1898. Poster. Color lithograph, 97 x 69 cm. Gift of Bates Lowry. 207.1968. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Klimt adopts the use of white space and asymmetrical design of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Goddess Athena, who personified wisdom, is the figure at the right. This ties the text at the bottom of the poster with the frieze-like panel at the top, which depicts Theseus fighting the Minotaur, symbolizing the artistic struggle against philistinism,…
Klimt adopts the use of white space and asymmetrical design of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Goddess Athena, who personified wisdom, is the figure at the right. This ties the text at the bottom of the poster with the frieze-like panel at the top, which depicts Theseus fighting the Minotaur, symbolizing the artistic struggle against philistinism,…