Artist · 11 prints
Franz von Stuck Prints
About Franz von Stuck
Franz von Stuck (1863–1928) was a German painter, sculptor and architect, born in Tettenweis in Bavaria and died in Munich. He moved to Munich as a teenager and studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. In 1892 he helped found the Munich Secession, a group of artists who broke away from the official art establishment, and he was later ennobled, adding the "von" to his name.
Franz von Stuck was a leading Symbolist, painting myths and allegories with a dark, sensual mood. The Guardian of Paradise (1889) won him a gold medal in Munich, and The Sin (1893), a dark, seductive image of temptation, became his best-known picture. He designed his own house and studio, the Villa Stuck in Munich, now a museum. As a professor at the Munich Academy he taught a remarkable group of students, including Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Josef Albers.
Franz von Stuck prints: reproductions of paintings by the German Symbolist painter Franz von Stuck, made between 1891 and 1922. The collection includes Sin (Die Sünde) (1893), The Kiss of the Sphinx (1895), Salome (1906), Orpheus (1891) and Der Engel des Gerichts (1922).
This selection focuses on myth, scripture and temptation: Salome, Samson, the Sphinx, Orpheus, the Judgement of Paris and an angel of judgement. The paintings use dark grounds with figures lit in warm flesh tones, gold and deep red, and most show one or two figures in a tight, dramatic composition.
The dark, warm palettes suit dining rooms, libraries, bedrooms and moody living rooms, and the larger works hold a wall above a fireplace or sofa on their own. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
