Early Life, Family and Training Stefan Simony was born on November 26, 1860, in Vienna, Austria. He grew up in a family where art and lineage were closely linked; his father was Leopold Josef Simony, and he had a sibling named Leopold Simony. Later in his life, he would become a father himself, with a child named Stephan Simony. His formal education took place at the Vienna Academy, a place where he began to refine his technical skil…