# Wild Hunt

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/wild-hunt-r101b77d6fbe425>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [STUCK, Franz von](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on wood, 53 x 84 cm

## Commentary

Stuck claimed that his first attempt at painting in oils was the picture Wild Hunt \(c. 1888; Lenbachhaus, Munich\), a frenzied treatment of a mythological theme in the manner of Arnold Böcklin. Mythological subjects continued to occupy Stuck throughout his career, although the more striking among his works were single figures rather than groups, and scenes of almost hieratic majesty rather than vigorous movement.

## Related artworks

- [Amazon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/amazon-r319007f540be94>)
- [Cover of the magazine &#34;Jugend&#34;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/cover-of-the-magazine-jugend-r54aa32f16adec6>)
- [Dissonance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/dissonance-r3622616e6945c1>)
- [Faun and Mermaid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/faun-and-mermaid-rbc21d659a09a32>)
- [Faun playing the Panpipes by the Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/faun-playing-the-panpipes-by-the-sea-rebf7279f05b762>)
- [Fighting for a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/fighting-for-a-woman-r5b79434e8ce198>)
- [Franz and Mary Stuck](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/franz-and-mary-stuck-r3f65cebd35aa7b>)
- [Front cover of Pan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/front-cover-of-pan-r67dd56b9b43bc3>)
- [Inferno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/inferno-r14ed0ae784cabd>)
- [Lost](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/lost-rffff3e5a78676d>)
- [Pan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/pan-re9ea8a12af36b1>)
- [Salome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stuck-franz-von-r420af7e0677c2f/salome-r0cc73cd8b9bef0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)
