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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Vienna Secession
First Vienna Secession Exhibition Poster — Gustav Klimt, 1898
Gustav Klimt · Vienna Secession exhibition poster, 1898
What it is
Klimt’s poster for the first Vienna Secession exhibition, depicting Theseus battling the Minotaur watched by Athena.
Why it matters
The Secession’s founding public statement — a clean break from the Academy, announced on its own poster before a single painting was hung.
What to notice
The original printing censored Theseus’s nudity with a tree branch, at the authorities’ insistence — the censored version is the historically printed one.
A movement, announcing itself and getting edited in the same breath.
Provenance
- School
- Vienna Secession (Various)
- Designer
- Gustav Klimt
- Format
- Exhibition poster
- Poster published
- Vienna Secession exhibition poster, 1898
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
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