The Guardian of Paradise
by STUCK, Franz von, Oil on canvas, 250 x 167 cm
A concern for the matching of art and setting led Stuck to build a large villa for himself in Munich (1897-98), now a museum, for which he provided architectural plans and designs for both decoration and furniture, and in which he installed paintings and sculptural works. The villa’s decoration was a variant of Pompeian style, with dark walls and the use of unusual and sumptuous materials (all in situ).