Villa Stuck is a museum in Munich. It is the elegant home of the Munich artist Franz von Stuck (1863-1928). Both the villa and the furnishings inside are Art Nouveau works designed by the artist. The villa became a museum in 1992 and houses important collections of Art Nouveau works of art created in early twentieth century Monaco.
The building was built at the end of the nineteenth century. It includes private dwelling rooms and performance rooms, such as the reception hall, music room, boudoir, library, lounge for the ladies and the smoking room. There is a strong contrast between the style of the interior and the exterior: in fact, while the facade is white, with Doric columns and a style that mostly refers to classicism, inside the building the decorations, sculptures, tapestries and furniture they combine different elements inspired by ancient art, the Byzantines, the East and the Italian Renaissance, albeit with a personal and unifying reinterpretation by the artist, which takes into account the developments and the most important trends of the late nineteenth century. Villa Stuck was celebrated by its contemporaries as a "modern", if quirky, feeling. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, the furniture the artist had designed especially for his villa received a gold medal. At the rear of the villa there is a garden, which combines Pompeian models with 19th century works of art. Even today, the fundamental principle of the villa's program is an artistic vision in which architecture, art, music and theater are combined. In this context, exhibitions and events enter into a fruitful dialogue. Villa Stuck thus becomes a source of inspiration and artistic exchange, as well as a repository of knowledge and a place open to all visitors.