Bertold Löffler (1874-1960) studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna (1890-1900) under Carl Otto Czeschka. Working as a freelance illustrator from 1900, he contributed to the art journals Meggendorfer Blatter, Ver Sacrum, Die liebe Augustin, Lucifer, and Danauland. Loeffler gained his first recognition for his work on