Karl Antal Mühlberger

Karl Antal Mühlberger (born October 4, 1869 in Vienna ; † October 13, 1943 there ) was an Austrian artist and politician of the SDAPDÖ .

Born in Vienna in 1869 as the son of the publisher Friedrich Mühlberger and the Hungarian Countess Maria Széchenyi, Karl Antal Mühlberger, a cousin of the composer Karl Mühlberger , studied at the request of his parents at the Army Academy in Wiener Neustadt and initially pursued the career of a professional officer. Due to an injury, he had to retire from active military service and turned full-time to his secret passion, the art of printing.

Due to his constant further development of lithography , he advanced to become a sought-after partner for contemporary artists at the turn of the century. Because of the high sales prices of the works of art he helped create, he developed more cost-effective methods that ultimately allowed printed media, in particular lavish color prints and large-format graphics, to find their way into the advertising world.

Years of friendship with Karl Renner increased his social commitment, so that the son of an upper-class family ultimately joined the SDAPDÖ and was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly when the constituent assembly was elected on June 5, 1919. After his retirement from active politics, Mühlberger, as a close confidante of Karl Renner, remained connected to social democracy throughout his life and devoted himself particularly to social housing in Vienna.

Web links

• Karl Antal Mühlberger on the website of the Austrian Parliament