Joseph Eduard Flüggen (1842-1906) was a German artist born in Munich in 1842.

In 1866 Flüggen brought his studies to an end and traveled to Paris, London, Brussels and Antwerp.

It was in Antwerp that he painted under the direction of Hendrik Leys.

[1] At the end of the 1870s there emerged a series of works on the subject of Wagnerian opera, which brought him to the attention of Ludwig II of Bavaria, who appointed him court theater painter.

Auction houses that have featured his work include: Bonhams, Dorotheum, and Neumeister among others.