1880-90er Secessions
The very word comes from Latin and contain the idea of "splitting off". As an organisation of artists the Secession, as the antithesis of traditional institutions, was to find imitators in many European capitals in the 80s and 90s.

These groups were new, most of them private and they were able to react flexibly to the needs and tastes of a section of the bourgeoisie open to culture and were simultaneously able to awaken them and drive them forward.

The earliest group was formed in 1884 in Paris, followed by the Munich Secession in 1892, the Vienna Secession in 1897 and the Berlin Secession the following year.


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