Secession – colour
Late nineteenth century Vienna has been deemed the crucible of modernism. It was here, in the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, that decadent European Rococo and Baroque gave way to a more linear, geometric stylings, The Secession also featured flattened colours, simplified forms and other Japanese-inspired changes.
Out of this cauldron of creativity came a generation that wished to secede from the official, fraudulent, overblown, redundant salon style. The two most known artists from this period are Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. Designers included Joseph Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche, Koloman Moser and Michael Powolny.
Vienna
Koletek Venus
After Josef Auchentaller
Frau Auchentaller, Jasny Dom
After Auchentaller and Jan Zawiejski
Jasny Dom Madonna
After Koloman Moser
Blue Francine
With help from Stanislaw Wyspianski
Green Madonna
After Stanislaw Wyspianski
Frau von Diveky
After Josef von Diveky
Lady in red
Frau Schmal
After Erich Schmal
Chiyo
Japanese girl with skull
