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The most common, alternative name for Art Nouveau is Jugendstil. The name comes from the art and literary magazine 'Die Jugend', which was published in Munich from 1896 onwards. The term Jugendstil mainly refers to Art Nouveau art from Germany and Austria. Art Nouveau and Jugendstil are two umbrella terms for the art movement. In Austria, Art Nouveau was represented by the art movements Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte. The Secession, from which the Wiener Werkstätte emerged in 1903, was a group of artists in Vienna between 1897 and 1914 inspired by the Arts-and-Crafts movement. They sought a new language of form, a geometric form of art nouveau. Well-known members included Gustav Klimt, Joseph Hoffmann, Egon Schiele, Otto Wagner and Koloman Moser. The Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) should also not go unmentioned as a representative of the Art Nouveau style.