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Franz von Stuck (1863-1928)

  • FRANZ VON STUCK

  • Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928)

  • FRANZ VON STUCK L'AMAZONE, 1897 Bronze, socle en bois Marque "Franz Stuck", marque du fondeur "Guss C.Leyrer Munchen" 64 cm haut. du

  • Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928)

Biography: von Stuck

(b Tettenweis, Lower Bavaria, 23 Feb 1863; d Munich, 30 Aug 1928). German draughtsman, illustrator, printmaker, decorative artist, painter, sculptor and architect. He was noted for his treatment of erotic and comic aspects of mythological themes. He drew eagerly as a child, soon becoming a gifted caricaturist. From 1878 to 1881 he attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich, where he received particular encouragement from Ferdinand Barth (1842–92). From 1881 to 1885 he studied at the Munich Akademie, where he was taught by Wilhelm Lindenschmit (1829–95) and Ferdinand Löfftz (1845–1910). During his student years Stuck earned a living from designs for decorative painting, and he made notable contributions (1880–84) to the humorous Munich periodical Fliegende Blätter and to the Viennese serial publications Allegorien und Embleme and Karten und Vignetten . These did much to establish his reputation as both a skilled and a witty draughtsman.

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