Starting with his Pallas Athena in 1898, Klimt created many masterpieces that made extensive use of ornamental gold leaf, reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics, precious to depict striking iconic figures. Klimt’s “ Golden Phase” was very important. He was also the principal figure of the Viennese Art Nouveau movement of graphic arts. Gustav Klimt was famous for the highly decorative style of his paintings. Image source: by Muesse Villa Wagner I (1886–88) His two private mansions, Villa Wagner I and Villa Wagner II were built for each one of his marriages. Built with reinforced concrete, metal, stone, and glass, it celebrates light, air, and the pureness of functionalism with the new usage of materials. One of the most transformative projects by Otto Wagner, another important figure to this movement, was the Austrian Postal Savings Bank that took ten years to plan. the Sanatorium Purkersdorf– Garden side entrance. In 1906, Hoffmann projected his first important building on the outskirts of Vienna, the Sanatorium Purkersdorf. Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. Vienna Secession building by Joseph Maria Olbrich.-(Secession hall) However, its cupola of metal openwork with abundant floral ornaments was unmistakably Art Nouveau in quality. Bold and simple, it consisted of juxtaposed huge blocks and had a particular orientalizing aspect.

This building was finished in 1898 and caused a sensation in Vienna. Immediately Olbrich started to design their headquarters. Joseph Maria Olbrichwas an influent architect of the Austrian Art Nouveau and one of the founders of the Vienna Secession. These shows were scheduled by the Association of Austrian Artists, which ran the Kunstlerhaus (Artists’ House) favoring the conservative artists who built up a majority of its members, generally discouraging efforts in the decorative and applied arts. The Secession grew out of a dissatisfaction of artists with the system of expositions of contemporary artworks in the city during the 1890s.

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