![]() ![]() The journal of the group, Jugend, begun in 1896, along with another Munich publication, Simplicissimus and Pan in Berlin, became the most visible showcases of the new style. Later, the Vienna Secession, founded in 1897 and the Berlin Secession took their own names from the Munich group. Georg Hirth chose the name Munich Secession for the Association. The movement had its origins in Munich with the founding of an association of visual artists in 1892, which broke away from the more formal historical and academic styles of the Academy. Later, under the Secessionists' influence, it tended toward abstraction and more geometrical forms. It was also influenced by Japanese prints. In its earlier years, the style was influenced by Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style). Important figures of the movement included the Swiss graphic artist Hermann Obrist, Otto Eckmann, and the Belgian architect and decorator Henry van de Velde. Its major centers of activity were Munich and Weimar and the Darmstadt Artists' Colony founded in Darmstadt in 1901. It was especially active in the graphic arts and interior decoration. It took its name from the art journal Jugend, founded by the German artist Georg Hirth. The members of the movement were reacting against the historicism and neo-classicism of the official art and architecture academies. It was the German counterpart of Art Nouveau. ![]() Jugendstil ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. ![]() Top: Ernst Ludwig House at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony Center: Cover of Jugend magazine by Otto Eckmann Bottom: Dining room of Peter Behrens in Darmstadt (1900–1901) ![]()
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