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Tag Archives: Secession
the end of Vienna
There was one last museum left in Vienna before I moved on: the Leopold Museum. This had some Klimt in it, but its main star was Egon Schiele, a protege of Klimt’s, who arrived in Vienna at the age of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century art, Austria, Egon Schiele, Expressionism, Gustav Klimt, Secession, Vienna, World War I
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four museums in a day: secession
My next stop was the Secession House, so named because the painter Gustav Klimt and some of his friends decided in 1897 to secede from the Viennese art establishment. This had a lot to do with a situation in which … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Beethoven frieze, Gustav Klimt, Nazis, Secession, Vienna, World War II
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