The Vienna Secession

<p>In 1897, Gustav Klimt led a group of radical artists to break free from the cultural establishment of Vienna and found a movement that became known as the Vienna Secession. </p><p>In the vibrant atmosphere of coffee houses, Freudian psychoanalysis and the music of Wagner and Mahler, the Secession sought to bring together fine art and music with applied arts such as architecture and design. </p><p>The movement was characterized by Klimt’s stylised paintings, richly decorated with gold leaf, and the art …