Ferdinand von Řezníček

Ferdinand Freiherr von Řezníček (16 June 1868, Sievering (now part of Vienna) - 11 May 1909, Munich) was an Austrian painter, illustrator, and graphic artist.

He was born to General Josef Řezníček (1812–1886), who was raised to baronial rank in 1860, and his second wife, Hermine née Conrad (1839–1878), who came from an old Transylvanian family.

He began with private lessons from Julius Victor Berger then, in 1888, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with Paul Hoecker; focusing on outdoor painting.

[3] After graduating, he decided to settle in Munich and worked as a commercial artist, then provided illustrations for a number of magazines, including Jugend and the Fliegende Blätter.

The mayor's brother, Rudolf Mönckeberg [de], a conservative politician, found them obscene and charged Hulbe with creating a public nuisance.