Author Description

Franz von Stuck (Franz Stuck) a German decorative painter and sculptor, best known for his Symbolist imagery. Like another well-known Symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin, Stuck often chose mythological or Biblical subjects like Sisyphus or Salome, thereby lending his work elements of eroticism and anxiety. Born on February 23, 1863 in Tettenweis, Germany, Franz went on to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, graduating in 1885 and settled in the city. Though Stuck's works became unfashionable by the turn of the century, he went on to teach avant-garde artists like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers at the Munich Academy. Stuck died on August 30, 1928 in Munich, Germany. Nudity is prominent.