Influencial Art Nouveau painter. Stuck studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule
in Munich as a pupil of Ferdinand Barth (1878-1881) and at the
Münchner Kunstakademie, where he was taught by Wilhelm von Lindenschmit
and Ludwig von Löfftz (1881-1885). He started as a graphical
artist and worked as a cartoonist for the Fliegende Blätter
magazine (1887-1892). Under the influence of Böcklin he turned
to painting and he developed an imaginary world of mythology
and symbolism in his work. In 1889 he exhibited at the Münchner
Glaspalast and he won a gold medal for "Wächter des Paradieses".
In
1892 he was one of the founding members of the Secession in
Munich and his painting "Die Sünde" was a sensation at the exhibition
of the Secession in 1893. In 1895 he succeeded Wilhelm von Lindenschmit
at the Academy and he influenced a new generation of painters,
among them Albers, Kandinsky and Klee.
His affair with
Anna Maria Brandmaier resulted in the birth of a daughter, Mary
Franziska Anna. The child was given into the care of Mary Lindpaintner,
the widow of a physician. In 1897 Von Stuck maried Mary Lindpaintner
and his daughter grew up in his own house. In 1904 he and his
wife would formally adopt her after a legal battle against young
mary's natural mother. He also adopted the two children from
Mary's first marriage, Olga and Otto.
From 1896 to
1891 he provided illustrations for Jugend magazine. At the Prinzregentenstrasse
in Munich (1897/1898) Stuck built himself a villa by his own
design. He also designed the furniture, for which he received
a gold medal in 1900 at the World Exhibition in Paris. In 1906
he was knighted. The Stuck Villa is now a Jugendstil museum.
Related persons
• was written about by Bierbaum, Otto Julius
• was influenced by Böcklin, Arnold
• painted Durieux, Tilla
• was a friend of Kaulbach, Friedrich August von
• was influenced by Khnopff, Fernand
• was rival of Lenbach, Franz von
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Sources
• Baedeker's Munich, The Automobile Association, 1985
• Schilderkunst van A tot Z, REBO, Lisse, 1990
• Scheibmayr, Erich, Wer? Wann? Wo?, Persönlichkeiten in Münchner Friedhöfen, Verlag Erich Scheibmayr, München, 1989
• Ehrhardt, Ingrid et all, Seelenreich, Die Entwicklung des deutschen Symbolismus 1870-1920, Prestel, München, 2000
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