I WILL BE AWAY FOR 2 AND A HALF WEEKS. Going to Germany (the Bavarian Alps) for some days in the mountains.

The late 1800s and early 1900s must have been quite a time in Vienna.
You had, for example, the tradition of a centuries-old monarchy and a long-serving Habsburg emperor (Franz Joseph I) clashing with a vibrant contemporary art and intellectual scene “led” by the likes of Gustav Klimt.It’s not a recipe for harmony, though it did give rise to the period of outstanding creativity known as the Wiener Moderne.Anyway, Klimt and friends broke off from the conservative Künstlerhaus group of Viennese artists in 1897 to form their own organisation with a stronger focus on more progressive contemporary art.This new association became known as the Secession (the full title was, as so often in Austria, much longer: Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs Secession). And, in 1898, they got their own gallery for exhibitions: the Secessionsgebäude or Secession Building.