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At the end of the 19th century the term “Secession” stood for the artistic beginnings of modernism. Art was surging forward towards freedom. Avant-garde artists showed their new creative works in the exhibitions of the Secession. In doing so they introduced innovative art movements to the public and helped Impressionism and Symbolism, for example, to achieve a breakthrough in the German-speaking region. The new alliances of artists in the Secession meant the abandonment of traditional artists' associations and old-fashioned structures, and a new artistic freedom. The most important Secessions arose in 1892 in Munich, in 1897 in Vienna and in 1899 in Berlin. They are associated to this day with the figures who helped to shape them: Franz von Stuck, Gustav Klimt and Max Liebermann. This volume illustrates their artistic diversity in over 200 works by some 80 artists of the Secessions in Vienna, Munich and Berlin as well as international guests including Hodler, Munch, Rodin, Segantini and Toorop. ARTISTS Charlotte Berend-Corinth | Wilhelm Bernatzik | Lovis Corinth | Hugo von Habermann | Emilie von Hallavanya | Thomas Theodor Heine | Dora Hitz | Josef Hoffmann | Gustav Klimt | Max Klinger | Käthe Kollwitz | Max Kurzweil | Walter Leistikow | Sabine Lepsius | Max Liebermann | Carl Moll | Koloman Moser | Auguste Rodin | Giovanni Segantini | Franz Skarbina | Maria Slavona | Max Slevogt | Franz von Stuck | Jan Toorop | Fritz von Uhde | Lesser Ury | Otto Wagner | Julie Wolfthorn et al.