The Life and Training of Oswald Roux Born in the heart of Vienna, Austria-Hungary, on 31 January 1880, Oswald Roux entered a world of shifting borders and deep artistic tradition. His early years in the capital prepared him for a life dedicated to the visual arts, where he would eventually find his footing as both a painter and a graphic artist. He possessed a natural inclination toward the study of form and light, a drive that eventu…