# The Kiss of the Sphinx [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [STUCK, Franz von]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Charcoal, pastel and chalk on grey paper, 520 x 460 mm ## Commentary The Kiss of the Sphinx 1890-1914 Charcoal, pastel and chalk on grey paper, 520 x 460 mm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg In 1892 Franz von Stuck was among the founders of the Munich Secession, the first artists' association in Germany to establish itself as an alternative to the official academy. A follower of Arnold Böcklin, von Stuck made his name through paintings of mythological subjects with distinct erotic subtexts. This drawing is one such variation. ## Related artworks - [Amazon]() - [Cover of the magazine "Jugend"]() - [Dissonance]() - [Faun and Mermaid]() - [Faun playing the Panpipes by the Sea]() - [Fighting for a Woman]() - [Franz and Mary Stuck]() - [Front cover of Pan]() - [Inferno]() - [Lost]() - [Pan]() - [Salome]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()