Franz von Stuck

{"Id":548,"Name":"Franz von Stuck","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESTUCK, FRANZ VON (1863-1928),\u003C/strong\u003E German painter, was born in Bavaria, and received his artistic training at the Munich Academy. He first made a name with his illustration for \u003Cu\u003EFliegende Bl\u0026auml;tterto\u003C/u\u003E (to which \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=696\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EMih\u0026aacute;ly von Munk\u0026aacute;csy\u003C/a\u003E [1844-1900] also contributed), and vignette designs for programmes and book decoration. He did not devote himself to painting till after 1889, the year in which he achieved a marked success with his first picture, \u003Cu\u003EThe Warder of Paradise\u003C/u\u003E. His style in painting is based on a thorough mastery of design, and is sculptural rather than pictorial. His favorite subjects are of mythological and allegorical character, but in his treatment of time-worn motifs he is altogether unconventional. A statuette of an athlete, bronze casts of which are at the Berlin and Budapest national galleries and the Hamburg Museum, affords convincing proof of his talent for plastic art. Among his paintings the best known are \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=3592\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESin\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EWar\u003C/u\u003E, at the Munich Pinakothek, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=23912\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Sphinx\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=23916\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Crucifixion\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EThe Rivals\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EParadise Lost\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EOedipus\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003ETemptation\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/image.asp?id=23919\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003E\u003Cu\u003ELucifer\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/a\u003E. Though Stuck was one of the leaderMunich Sezessione enjoyed an appointment of professor at the academy.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://87.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MU/MUNKACSY_MICHAEL_VON.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":178}