Franz von Stuck

1863-1928

European Artist

Von Stuck was born at Tettenweis near Griesbach in Lower Bavaria. He attended the Munich School for the Applied Arts after secondary school, transferring in 1881 to the Royal Academy for the Fine Arts. The drawings he did for the portfolio 'Allegorien und Embleme' ['Allegories and Emblems'], published by Gerlach and Schenk in Vienna, made his reputation as an outstanding draughtsman as early as 1882. Stuck devoted himself entirely to painting, becoming a portraitist who was much in demand. In addition to some early landscapes and numerous portraits, the painter's œuvre is notable primarily for mythological and symbolic themes. The recipient of so many distinctions and an honorary member of numerous European academies, Franz von Stuck died in Munich in 1928.