'MÜNCHEN 1897 VII. INTERNATIONALE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG', A LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS

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'MÜNCHEN 1897 VII. INTERNATIONALE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG', A LITHOGRAPH IN COLORS
BY FRANZ VON STUCK (1863-1928)

DEPICTING A NORSE YOUTH IN AN ARMORED DRESS AND CROWN, HOLDING A STATUETTE, FLANKED BY THE SYMBOL FOR THE KüNSTLERGENOSSENSCHAFT AND THE SECCESSION, THE TWO MUNICH RIVAL ART SOCIETIES--25IN. X 35 1/2IN. (63.5CM. X 90.3CM.) SIGHT, FRAMED

IN 1897, THE TWO LEADING ART SOCIETIES OF MUNICH MOUNTED A SUMMER EXHIBITION. FRANZ VON STUCK, CO-FOUNDER OF THE MUNICH SECESSION (1893), WAS ASKED TO DESIGN SEVERAL OF THE EXHIBITION POSTERS, INCLUDING THIS DESIGN. HE WAS AMONG THE MOST INFLUENCIAL ARTISTS OF HIS PERIOD, BEING A CONTRIBUTER TO THE MAGAZINEJUGEND AND A TEACHER AT THE MUNICH ACADEMY.