He is buried in the Munich Waldfriedhof next to his wife Mary. Salomé es el título de dos cuadros del pintor alemán Franz von Stuck de 1906, falta un tercer cuadro desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.įranz von Stuck died on August 30, 1928, in Munich his funeral address memorialized him as "the last prince of art of Munich's great days". He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. His students over the years included Paul Klee, Hans Purrmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Alf Bayrle and Josef Albers. He continued to be well respected among young artists as professor at the Munich Academy, even after his artistic styles became unfashionable. Having attained a high public profile by this time, Stuck was ennobled on December 9, 1905, and would receive further public honours from around Europe during the remainder of his life. His designs for the villa included everything from layout to interior decorations for his furniture Stuck received another gold medal at the 1900 Paris World Exposition. In 1897 Stuck married an American widow, Mary Lindpainter, and began work designing his own residence and studio, the Villa Stuck. In 1895, he began teaching painting at the Munich Academy. Also during 1893, Stuck was awarded a gold medal for painting at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was appointed to a royal professorship. The next year he won further acclaim with the critical and public success of what is now his best known work, the painting The Sin. In 1892 Stuck co-founded the Munich Secession, and also executed his first sculpture, Athlete. In 1889 he exhibited his first paintings at the Munich Glass Palace, winning a gold medal for The Guardian of Paradise. Franz Von Stuck (Feb 24, 1863- August 30, 1928) was a German Symbolist/Art Nouveau painter, sculptor, engraver, and architect. He first became well known by cartoons for Fliegende Blätter, and vignette designs for programmes and book decoration. From 1881 to 1885 Stuck attended the Munich Academy. To begin his artistic education he relocated in 1878 to Munich, where he would settle for life. In 1906, Stuck was awarded the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown and was henceforth known as Franz Ritter von Stuck.īorn at Tettenweis near Passau, Stuck displayed an affinity for drawing and caricature from an early age. He attended the Munich School for the Applied Arts and then transfered in 1881 to the Knigliche Akademie der bildenden Knste (Royal Academy for the Fine Arts). The theme is inspired by the contrast between Good and Evil and the protagonist is a bewitching woman, her face shadowed and a defying gaze, and her snow-white, nude body comes into the viewer’s sight through her dark, thick tresses. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient egyptian mythology receiving substantial critical acclaim with The Sin in 1892. Franz Von Stuck (Feb 24, 1863- August 30, 1928) was a German Symbolist/Art Nouveau painter, sculptor, engraver, and architect. This painting was acquired for the Gallery of Modern Art of Palermo at the 8th Venice Biennale of 1909 and is considered one of the masterpieces of Symbolism. Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect.
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