Waldfriedhof next to his wife Mary. Style Stuck's subject matter was primarily from mythology, inspired by the work of Arnold Böcklin. Large forms dominate most of his paintings and indicate his proclivities for sculpture. His seductive female nudes are a prime example of popular Symbolist content. Stuck paid much attention to the frames for his paintings and generally designed them himself with such careful use of panels, gilt carving and inscriptions that the frames must be considered as an integral part of the overall piece. Ritter von Stuck's Kämpfende Amazone (Fighting Amazon), created in 1897, graced Hermann Göring's Carinhall. Legacy By the time of his death, Stuck's importance as an artist in his own right had almost been forgotten: his art seemed old-fashioned and irrelevant to a generation that had endured World War I. Stuck's reputation languished until the late 1960s when a renewed interest in Art Nouveau brought him to attention once more. In 1968 the Villa Stuck was opened to the public; it is now a museum. In Robert Waite's 1977 book The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler and numerous other sources it is noted that Franz Stuck was Hitler's favorite painter from childhood on. Stuck's paintings were mentioned by Carl Jung, who wrote: Gallery See also Art nouveau Symbolism (arts) References Bibliography Adam, Peter. Art of the Third Reich. New York City: Harry N. Abrams. 1992. . Gibson, Michael. Symbolism. Köln: Benedikit Taschen Verlag. 1995. . Mendgen, Eva. Von Stuck. Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag. 1995. . External links Collection of Works by Franz von Stuck Museum Villa Stuck (in German) The Gallery of Franz von Stuck Franz von Stuck: Living Images Grave of Mary and Franz von Stuck 1863 births 1928 deaths People from Passau (district) Bavarian nobility 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German Symbolist painters Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Art Nouveau painters Art Nouveau sculptors Art Nouveau architects Symbolist sculptors Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors Members of the Vienna Secession Olympic competitors in art competitions