Franz von Stuck

Franz von Stuck (Known as "The Prince of Art (Münchner Malerfürst)")

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Born Feb 23, 1863

Tettenweis, Kingdom of Bavaria

Passed Away Aug 30, 1928 Munich, Weimar Republic

Lifespan 65 years old

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"Form, color, architecture, and frame must unite into one single chord of harmony."

Archival Overview

Leader of the Munich Secession whose provocative Symbolist canvas 'The Sin' (Die Sünde) and magnificent self-designed Villa Stuck mentored Kandinsky and Paul Klee.

Biographical Record

Franz von Stuck (1863–1928 CE) was a miller's son who rose to become Munich's 'Prince of Painters', co-founding the radical Munich Secession in 1892.

His sensational canvas Die Sünde—depicting a dark-eyed nude woman wrapped in a colossal blue-eyed python—defined fin-de-siècle femme fatale iconography; he designed every detail of his neoclassical Villa Stuck.

Key Life Milestones

1892

Founding the Munich Secession

Led progressive Bavarian artists to break from the conservative artists' association, founding the Munich Secession.

1893

The Sin (Die Sünde) Exhibited

Exhibited his famous dark-eyed temptress encircled by an immense python, becoming the visual scandal and triumph of Munich.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Waldfriedhof
Munich, Germany

                         GPS: 48.1067, 11.4933                    

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