Chronology

February 24, 1863 Franz Stuck is born at Tettenweis, in Bavaria

1878 Moves to Munich, where he would settle for life

1881 to 1885 Attends the Munich Academy

1889 Exhibits his first paintings at the Munich Glass Palace, winning a gold medal for The Guardian of Paradise

1893 Stuck is awarded a gold medal for painting at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and is appointed to a royal professorship

1895 Begins teaching painting at the Munich Academy

1897 Gets married Mary Lindpainter, and begins work designing his own residence and studio, the Villa Stuck

August 30, 1928 Franz von Stuck dies