Designed by architect Josef Olbrich, its design echoes the philosophies of the time. One of the most obvious examples was the secession building itself, which was designed as an exhibition space for displaying the work relevant to the movement. The Secessionist movement had a major influence on architecture as well. The Secession Building The Secession building as seen from the front_ Inexhibit The movement inspire new forms of poster design and iconography_ Pinterest Klimt in particular started to use gold gilding as a way to give more physicality to his work. Paint was no longer seen as a mere medium, but started to exhibit a physical, material quality. Decorative floral motifs, geometric forms, and repetition of shapes were a few of these. The Woman in Gold’ by Gustav Klimt: note the use of golden guiding and repetition of geometric forms_ Le journal d’une maîtresseĮven with these influences on the work of the artists at the time, secessionist paintings assumed highly original characteristics. These notions of looking inward, of introspection and thought, had a clear influence on the artists of the time as they started to explore much more complex themes of human behavior in their work. It was around the same time Sigmund Freud had made public his groundbreaking psychoanalysis on dreams and the subconscious, and the conversation about humans being a lot more than what appears on the surface was highly prevalent. The timing and occurrence of this movement were not coincidence. The secessionists on the other hand found themselves transgressing these beliefs, tried to find meaning in expressing themselves differently, and steered away from traditional naturalism. The association itself had always been stylistically naturalist and had believed in mimicking the landscape by staying true to the natural order. This soon resulted in them resigning from the association, and forming a new group under the banner of Viennese Secessionists. Several artists, architects, designers, and sculptors began meeting to freely exchange ideas, and to talk about the future of art. Up to this point, the Association of Austrian Artists was the primary voice in the country, and the Vienna Secession movement was seen as a reaction to the dated philosophies of the association. The Vienna Secession movement that sprung in the late 1890s was a pivotal moment in the history of art, architecture, graphic design, and other allied fine arts.
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