Ignaz Gaugengigl

Ignaz Michael Marcel Gaugengigl (16 January 1855 – 3 August 1932) was a German-American painter and engraver who worked primarily in the United States.

[1] Ignaz Gaugengigl was born in Passau, Bavaria on 16 January 1855.

[2][3] His father (also named Ignaz) was a teacher who wrote several books on linguistics and related subjects.

[4] After finishing school, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he studied under Johann Leonhard Raab and Wilhelm von Diez.

He quickly assimilated into the city's cultural life and became a friend of Sylvester Koehler, the first curator of prints at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.