Ex-libris (bookplate) - Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession – (Gustave Klimt) Previous Next


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Date: 1903

Size: 10 x 5 cm

Museum: Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest, Hungary)

Technique: Paper

Klimt was the most significant personality of Austrian Art Nouveau, one of the founders of the Wiener Secession (1897). The members of this artist group were characterized by a special cult of Pallas Athena the figure of the mythological goddess appeared on the poster of their first exhibition, as well as on the coverplate of the catalogue (1898). The bust of Pallas Athena was also put on the ex libris of the Wiener Secession. This composition is identical with the poster design for the 18th Art Nouveau exhibition. Klimt

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