Attr. Franz von Stuck :: Or Probably Circle of F. v. Stuck

Belsazar Meal 1888 Oil on Canvas/Stretcher Franz von Stuck attr. 1888 FRANZ VON STUCK SYMBOLISM HISTORY PAINTING 1889

The Wild Chase by Franz von Stuck, 1889. (Staedtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Germany) Oil on panel. 53 x 84 cm. The Wild Chase was housed in the Municipal Gallery in the Lenbach House. It depicts the teutonic legend of Wotan the Mad Hunter, a personification of death and destruction in Germanic mythology. He rides at night leaving horror in his wake. Many scholars have noticed the uncanny resemblance to Adolf Hitler: the dark hair with the forelock over his left temple, the brooding eyes and large nose and the trademark little mustache. It is curious to note that Von Stuck painted this in 1889, the year Hitler was born. Hitler bought many of Stuck’s paintings including the iconic The Sin, which he hung in his apartment in Munich until it was seized after WWII. Franz von Stuck was a German symbolist painter, his dark and intriguing paintings earned him much respect and fame in his lifetime, however, it is one of his paintings in particular that may have had the most influence on human history cf. HISTORY ANSWERS PEOPLE POLITICS FORESEE https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/did-this-painting-foresee-the-rise-of-adolf-hitler/