Von Stuck, Franz

(2/23/1863 Tettenweis- 8/30/1928 Tetschen) (Germany)

   Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, architect, and art professor. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Best known for his ornate style, use of mythology, and portraits. It was the world of satyrs and nymphs, as well as stories from the Bible, that inspired his sexual work, such as "Centaur couple" and "Salome." Among his most explicitly erotic work is the portfolio known as "Stuck-Villa."

   Reproductions: Night; Brusendorff, 1966a: n.p. .

   [b]Source: Edwin Becker, Franz von Stuck 1863—1928: eros drpathos, 19th-century masters, no. 5 (Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 1995); Benezit, vol. 14: pp. 477-479; Eros und Satire: Franz von Stuck, Fritz Klier; Kunstler im Dialog der Jahrhunderte; eine Ausstellung in der Stadtga-lerie in der Ludwigskaserne, Dillingen a.d. Donau und im Museum Kloster Asbach (Dillingen: Stadtgaleries, 2005), 101 p., ill.; Heinrich Voss, Franz von Stuck 1863—1928: Werkkatalog der Gemalde mit einer Einfurhring in seinen Symbolismus, Mat. zur Kunst des 19 Jhr., vol. 1 (Munich: Prestel, 1973); ThB xxxii 1938: p. 232; Vollmer vi 1962: p. 437.