# Franz von Stuck artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1863-02-23
- Death date: 1928-08-30
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Symbolism, Munich Secession
- Common media: oil painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, graphic design

## About Franz von Stuck

Franz von Stuck (1863–1928) was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect who became one of the most distinctive figures of late-nineteenth-century Munich art. Born Franz Stuck in Tetschen, he rose to prominence with his painting The Sin in 1892, a work that brought him substantial critical acclaim and established his reputation for dark, mythological imagery. In 1906 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, thereafter styling himself Franz Ritter von Stuck. He taught at the Munich Academy from 1895, influencing a generation of younger artists. Von Stuck is associated with Symbolism and the Munich Secession, and collectors today encounter his work across oil paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, often depicting mythological subjects rendered in a rich, somber palette.

## Common works and media

Von Stuck produced oil paintings on canvas and panel, bronze and polychrome sculptures, lithographic and intaglio prints, charcoal and ink drawings, and graphic design works. His most recognizable subjects draw on classical mythology—sensual female figures, fauns, sphinxes, and allegorical scenes—rendered in a dark, atmospheric tonal range. Editioned prints and smaller sculptures are the work types most commonly encountered at auction. Original paintings are rarer and typically appear in curated Old Master, 19th-century, or Symbolist sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Franz von Stuck maintains an active and well-documented secondary market spanning nearly three decades of recorded auction activity, with 258 catalogued lots and 182 priced results in the Appraisily dataset. His work crosses a wide price spectrum—from $10 for minor decorative or misattributed pieces up to $605,000 for significant original paintings. The median lot price of $3,250 and 75th percentile of $21,250 reflect a market where editioned prints, drawings, and small sculptures are accessible to mid-range collectors, while important oil paintings and large-scale bronzes command premium prices at top-tier houses. Christie's and Sotheby's anchor the high end, with consistent representation from specialist German and Swiss houses including Lempertz, Karl & Faber, Koller Auctions, Auktionshaus Mehlis, and Gonnelli Casa d'Aste. The trailing 12-month lot count (19) is modestly below the prior year (27), but this is within normal auction-cycle variation rather than evidence of declining demand. Recent sales in late 2025 show continued appetite across formats: a Koller lot realized CHF 40,000, Lempertz sold multiple drawings and designs in the €3,600–€6,000 range, and a Lewis & Maese bronze athlete fetched $7,500. The breadth of houses actively offering von Stuck confirms sustained international liquidity.

## Auction-house-backed market evidence

Franz von Stuck maintains an active and well-documented secondary market spanning nearly three decades of recorded auction activity, with 258 catalogued lots and 182 priced results in the Appraisily dataset. His work crosses a wide price spectrum—from $10 for minor decorative or misattributed pieces up to $605,000 for significant original paintings. The median lot price of $3,250 and 75th percentile of $21,250 reflect a market where editioned prints, drawings, and small sculptures are accessible to mid-range collectors, while important oil paintings and large-scale bronzes command premium prices at top-tier houses. Christie's and Sotheby's anchor the high end, with consistent representation from specialist German and Swiss houses including Lempertz, Karl & Faber, Koller Auctions, Auktionshaus Mehlis, and Gonnelli Casa d'Aste. The trailing 12-month lot count (19) is modestly below the prior year (27), but this is within normal auction-cycle variation rather than evidence of declining demand. Recent sales in late 2025 show continued appetite across formats: a Koller lot realized CHF 40,000, Lempertz sold multiple drawings and designs in the €3,600–€6,000 range, and a Lewis & Maese bronze athlete fetched $7,500. The breadth of houses actively offering von Stuck confirms sustained international liquidity.

### Appraisal notes

An Appraisily appraisal for a Franz von Stuck work would use these 182 priced auction comparables as a primary market-benchmark layer, filtered by medium, dimensions, subject, and date to establish a relevant comparable set. High-resolution photographs would be evaluated for signature placement, surface condition, canvas or panel construction, and bronze casting marks. For prints, edition numbering, plate size, paper type, and impression quality are critical differentiators. For sculptures, foundry marks, patina condition, and documented casts would be assessed. Provenance documentation—gallery labels, exhibition stickers, estate stamps, or literature references—materially affects valuation, especially for oil paintings where the spread between a well-documented work and one with unclear history can be substantial. Because no catalogue raisonné was identified in the source pack, attribution verification would rely on expert connoisseurship and cross-reference with museum holdings and published literature. Comparable lots from Christie's, Sotheby's, Lempertz, and Koller provide the strongest pricing anchors; results from smaller regional houses are useful but weighted lower due to buyer-pool differences.

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### Collector notes

- Von Stuck's market offers entry points across a wide range. Editioned prints and small drawings can be acquired below $1,000, making them accessible for collectors building Symbolist holdings. Mid-range buyers will find original drawings, prints with strong impressions, and smaller bronzes in the $2,000–$15,000 range at German and Swiss auction houses such as Lempertz, Mehlis, and Koller. Serious collectors pursuing important oil paintings should monitor Christie's and Sotheby's 19th-century and Symbolist sales, where top-tier works have exceeded $600,000. Buyers should be aware that decorative and applied-art objects (nautilus goblets, furniture with von Stuck-related panels, fire screens) sometimes appear in auction results attributed to the artist but may be collaborative, after-design, or loosely connected works—these lots are not directly comparable to original paintings or sculptures. The slight year-over-year decline in auction volume (27 to 19 lots) is not unusual for an artist of this era and may simply reflect consignment timing. Authentication of prints should include checking plate size, paper, and edition marks; original paintings without clear provenance should undergo expert connoisseurship review before purchase.

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## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist-identity research from library authority files, museum records, and encyclopedia sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data when those records are available. This page draws on Wikidata, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and Wikipedia.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45006
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Stuck
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82050633
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/75909
- VIAF / OCLC: https://viaf.org/viaf/52482379/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006652