The Villa Stuck Museum is delighted to announce the upcoming donation of a painting by Franz von Stuck entitled “Damenporträt à la japonaise” (Portrait of a Lady à la Japonaise) to its collections by the Verein zur Förderung der Stiftung Villa Stuck e. V. (Association for the Promotion of the Villa Stuck Foundation).
The work thus returns to the place where it was created. The collections also include a portrait photograph of the unknown model, taken by Franz or Mary von Stuck in their own photo studio, as well as a view of the old studio of the Villa Stuck around 1900, in which the painting can be seen on an easel.
Costumes in exotic attire permeate Franz von Stuck’s entire oeuvre—well known are his numerous role portraits of his daughter as a bullfighter, an infanta after Diego Velázquez, and a Greek woman, or of models as Egyptian, Roman, or Spanish women, most of which are surrounded by an aura of mystery and enigma.
Curated by Margot Th. Brandlhuber.