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Beethoven Frieze: "Longing for Happiness" (Panel 4, left side wall)

Gustav Klimt1901

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Vienna, Austria

The frieze takes its theme from Richard Wagner’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and depicts humankind’s search for happiness. To symbolize this yearning, Klimt chose floating genii who lead us into the story, recurring several times in the frieze as a horizontal chain of figures.

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