Secession Building

Secession Building and its collection

The Secessions building (Secessionsgebäude) is a building in Vienna where the artists of the Secession movement (the Austrian Jugendstil), came together. Since these were people who had separated themselves from the "Academy", it was intended to make fun of the ideas of classicism. The dome is an eyecatcher and consists of thousands of gilded bay leaves and hundreds of bay berries. The Secession Building in Vienna features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt, an important Secession style artwork. In the building temporary exhibitions are organized.