The Frieze by Klimt is an Italian jacquard woven wall tapestry. The artwork is a small extract from The Beethoven Frieze, a painting by Gustav Klimt on display in the Secession Building located in Vienna, Austria. In 1901ÔøΩ Klimt worked on a groundbreaking decorative cycle, the Beethoven Frieze, it is a painted interpretation of one of the greatest musical compositions ever written, the final choral movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.