Willi Geiger studied at the Munchener Akademie 1902/5 later studied in Rome, Spain, Florence before coming back to Munich c.1910. 1920/23 Professor at the Munchener Kunstgewerbeschule 1928/33 Professor Der Leipziger Akademie left in 1933 and since 1945 Professor in Munich. Many of his later prints depicted scenes of bull fights whilst his earlier work was more expressionist in style.