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Secession Hall
Vienna
1897
Designed as an architectural manifesto fort he Vienna Secession, the Secession Building (in German called Wiener Secessionsgebäude)
is an exhibition hall built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich. The name Secession refers to the seceding of a group of rebel artists
from the long-established fine art institution.
The building features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt, one of the most widely recognized artworks of Secession style.
The building was financed by Karl Wittgenstein, the father of the famous Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The motto of the Secessionist movement is written above the entrance of the pavilion: "To every age its art, to every art its freedom"
(German: Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst ihre Freiheit). Below this is a sculpture of three gorgons representing painting, sculpture, and architecture.