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This Kiss to the Whole World (Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt), Beethoven Frieze

1902

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The story

Klimt painted the frieze directly on the walls for the 1902 Secession exhibition marking 75 years since Beethoven's death, meant to last only for the show. It ends with this embrace before a choir. A collector bought it in 1903 to save it from destruction.

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Object details

Title: This Kiss to the Whole World (Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt), Beethoven Frieze
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1902
Culture: Austrian
Medium: Casein paint, gold and plaster on wall
Object type: Other
Collection: Belvedere, Vienna (5987), shown in the Secession Building
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1023
Original image: 2235 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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Gustav Klimt. This Kiss to the Whole World (Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt), Beethoven Frieze. 1902. Belvedere, Vienna (5987), shown in the Secession Building. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1023/