Lot 803: Stuck, Franz von 1863 Tettenweis - 1928 Tetschen "Künstlerfest 1898". Selbstporträt des Künstlers mit seiner Frau im Kostüm. Betitelt und datiert unterhalb der Darstellung.Signiert unten rechts: Franz Stuck. Öl auf Papier. Auf Holz gelegt. 27,5 x

Stuck, Franz von
1863 Tettenweis - 1928 Tetschen

"Künstlerfest 1898". Selfportrait of the artist with his wife in costume. Titled and dated below the image. Signed lower right: Franz Stuck. Oil on paper. Laid on wood. 27,5 x 25cm. Framed.

Provenance:
Private collection, Southern Germany.

Literature:
Voss, Heinrich: Franz von Stuck. Werkkatalog der Gemälde mit einer Einführung in seinen Symbolismus. München 1973, S. 137, listed here under the number Nr, 174/606.

Beginning in 1892 as a founding member of the Munich Secession Franz von Stuck belonged to the Avant-garde artists not only in Munich but throughout the entire German Reich. He, the son of a milling master, was the head of the painting class at the Academy
(1895). In 1905 he was finally ennobled as painter prince at the head of the Munich
Artists. This prominent position is also evident in the present work, a self-portrait with his wife Mary, dressed as the divine couple Zeus and Hera. In 1898 he took part in the tradition of artists in a legendary celebration under the motto "In Arcadia". Amoung the initiators in addition to the painters Lenbach and Kaulbach was Franz von Stuck.