Viktor Oskar Tilgner

Viktor Oskar Tilgner (25 October 1844 in Pressburg – 16 April 1896 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor and medailleur.

His talent was recognized early by the sculptor Franz Schönthaler [de], who became his first teacher.

During the World Exhibition of 1873, he met the French sculptor Gustave Deloye, who strongly influenced his work.

[3] The following year, he took a trip to Italy with Hans Makart, whose "realistic academicism" also influenced Tilgner's style.

For the last twenty years of his life, he had a large studio in what was originally a greenhouse at the Palais Schwarzenberg[4] Despite a long-standing heart condition and recurring chest pain, he spent a strenuous day working on his Mozart monument, to get it ready on schedule.