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Developments in the 19th Century
Franz von
Stuck
Franz von
Stuck
(1863-1928)
(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.
