Albin Egger-Lienz - Dance of the Dead [1921]

Albin Egger-Lienz - Dance of the Dead [1921], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Albin Egger-Lienz (Dolsach-Stribach, Austria, January 29, 1868 - St. Justina-Rentsch, Italy) was an Austrian painter. He trained first under his father (a church painter), later he studied at the Academy in Munich where he was influenced by Franz defregger and French painter Jean-Francois Millet. In 1899 he moved to Vienna. During 1911 and 1912 he was professor at the Wemar School of Fine Arts and he served as war painter during World War One.