Wolfgang Niesner was born in Freudenthal in the Sudetenland. He applied to study art at the University of Applied Art in Vienna but after only two semesters, was conscripted into the military. He became a prisoner of war and after his release, settled in Munich. He excelled in all types of the graphic arts and in 2002 a catalogue raisonne of his prints was issued listing some 562 examples. He exhibited widely in Germany and since 2005 a loan of his works by his widow, Friederike Niesner, can be seen at the MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen. Reference: Exhibition catalogue Wolfgang Niesner by F. Niesner. The Association for Original Etching, Munich 1995.