József Angster

[1][2] He was the founder of the Angster dynasty, one of Central Europe's most sought after in the craft, and an important figure in Hungarian applied arts history.

Angster was born at Kácsfalu, in present-day Croatia into a Danube Swabians family who had travelled to Hungary from Michelstadt in the 1790s.

He studied cabinet making then travelled to Temesvár (today Timișoara, Romania), and worked in Germany.

He was a deeply religious man and was made member of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by the Pope and was also president of the old boy's club in Pécs until his death.

He and his nephew, Imre Angster, established a second factory at Rákospalota and introduced some technical innovations.