Karl Aigen

Carl Aigen ( born October 8, 1685 in Olomouc, † October 22, 1762 in Vienna, Karl Joseph Aigen ) was an Austrian painter.

After training in Vienna and Frankfurt, he lived and worked in Vienna since 1720. 1754 he was appointed a member of the Academy. After Aigen temporarily held the leadership of the Academy, he was up to his end of life a professor there. He painted mainly small-scale genre pieces and scenes from everyday life.