Hans Fronius

As a young boy, he witnessed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event that would later form the subject of his book, Attentat in Sarajevo (English: Assassination in Sarajevo).

From 1930 to 1960, he taught art and projective geometry at a grammar school in Fürstenfeld, Styria.

His leftist sympathies put his teaching position in jeopardy after the Anschluss, and in 1943 he was drafted into the German army.

The art historian Otto Benesch called Fronius "the most significant Austrian illustrator since Alfred Kubin.

"[2] His work is considered an example of 'Expressive Realism',[3] with subjects that include portraits, street scenes, and literary interpretations.