Centaur und Nymphe

1893

Critical and public success of “The Sin”

The painting “The Sin” (now in the Bavarian State Painting Collections), inspired by Böcklin and now regarded as his best-known work, wins the acclaim of critics and public; other accounts say the great acclaim came as early as 1892.

1893

Gold medal at the World's Columbian Exposition

He is awarded a gold medal for painting at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

1893

A royal professorship

He is appointed to a royal professorship.

1895

Professor at the Munich Academy

From 1895 he teaches painting at the Munich Academy; his students include Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Josef Albers, Hans Purrmann, Josef Hengge, Georg Kars, Paul Stollreither, Heinrich Strieffler and Alf Bayrle. Young artists go on respecting him as a professor even after his style falls out of fashion.

1897

Marries Mary Lindpaintner

Marries the American widow Mary Lindpaintner; her son, the future aviation pioneer and racing driver Otto Lindpaintner, becomes his stepson. A year earlier, in 1896, the artist's only daughter, Mary (1896–1961), had been born of his relationship with Anna Maria Brandmaier (1875–1944).

1897

Begins work on the Villa Stuck

He begins designing his own residence and studio, the Villa Stuck, on Prinzregentenstrasse in Bogenhausen (Munich): everything from the layout to the interior decoration, with furniture and sculptures of his own design. The villa gives form to the idea of the “Gesamtkunstwerk”, combining the aesthetics of Jugendstil with reverence for antiquity.