The Life and Family of August Bresgen August Bresgen was a painter and sculptor whose life spanned nearly a century, beginning in Holsterhausen on July 9, 1888, and ending in Gauting on February 27, 1987. His personal history was defined by two distinct domestic chapters. In 1914, he married Maria Podhorsky, a pianist and painter. This union produced two children: a daughter named Lucie and a son, the composer Cesar Bresgen. The famil…