Ferdinand Piatnik
Ferdinand Piatnik | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 July 1885 | (aged 65)
Citizenship | Hungarian Austrian |
Occupation | card painter |
Known for | founder of Piatnik & Söhne |
Spouse(s) | Johanna Grechhel |
Children | Ferdinand Adolf Rudolf Paul |
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Ferdinand Piatnik (14 October 1819 - 20 July 1885) was an Austrian-Hungarian card painter, manufacturer, business magnate, philanthropist and the founder of Piatnik & Söhne.
Life[]
Born at Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary), he was educated in Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia). He bought an Austrian card company from Anton Moser in 1843 and made it to one of the most successful game manufacturing companies in the world. He later married the widow of Anton Moser. After his three sons - Ferdinand, Adolf and Rudolf Paul[1] - entered the company in 1882 it was renamed Ferdinand Piatnik & Söhne.[2]
He died in Bad Vöslau.
References[]
Categories:
- 1819 births
- 1885 deaths
- Businesspeople from Budapest
- Austrian male painters
- Austrian businesspeople
- Hungarian painters
- 19th-century Austrian painters
- 19th-century male artists
- Hungarian painter stubs