Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
The spring 2 (Stuck)

This second version of “The spring” by Franz von Stuck approaches the allegorical figure from a profile angle, reinforcing the nobility and serenity of the character. The young woman, with delicate features and a gaze directed towards a horizon full of promise, gracefully wears her heavy auburn hair. The crown of violets and the bouquet clutched to her chest emanate a bucolic freshness. The pictorial touch, very fluid and slightly blurred, envelops the background landscape in a luminous and airy halo, dominated by a large clear sky. This refocused framing, in a near-square format, makes this canvas an intimate and poetic painting, a true hymn to the ephemeral beauty of nature.