Vienna - Secession (Art Gallery)

The huge Mark Anthony bronze group by Arthur Strasser on the east side of the building is especially noteworthy. The Roman statesman's lion drawn chariot was displayed at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.

Today in the Secession building visitors can see Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, the Beethoven Frieze. This huge mural measuring some 70sq.m/270sq.ft in area on the theme of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was painted for the 14th exhibition of the Vienna Secession in 1902. The State purchased it for nearly £1,000,000/US$1,500,000 in 1973 and had it restored in 1977 at a cost of £400,000/US$600,000. It is now once more "at home" in a newly built room in the basement where it can be viewed.