About Ignaz Eigner
Lived 1854 – 1922 (aged 67–68). Ignaz Eigner was an Austrian lithographer and painter.
Ignaz Eigner, also Ignác and Ignácz (1854 – 1922) was an Austrian lithographer and painter.
Life Eigner was born in Budapest. At the age of 14 he came to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1868, where he remained for four years until 1872. After that, he became famous as a newspaper lithographer, especially for portraits of the Viennese society and for his portraits of the Habsburg imperial family.
Work Alfred Schönwald: Oesterreichs Kaiserhaus. Biographische Gallerie sämmtlicher Glieder des Allerhöchsten Hofes. Portrits by Ignaz Eigner. Verlag Sommer, Vienna 1877. (contains 38 lithographs by Eigner) Blatt: Vom Kunsthimmel des Theaters an der Wien. Ein Blatt mit Porträts Wiener Schauspielerinnen von Ignaz Eigner, jetzt in der .
Further works can be found in the Bildarchiv Austria of the Austrian National Library.
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Who was Ignaz Eigner?
Austrian lithographer and painter (1854-1922)
When was Ignaz Eigner born?
Ignaz Eigner was born in 1854 in Budapest, Pest.
When did Ignaz Eigner die?
Ignaz Eigner died in 1922.
What was Ignaz Eigner's occupation?
Ignaz Eigner was a lithographer and painter.
What nationality was Ignaz Eigner?
Ignaz Eigner was Austrian.
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