Andreas Eigner (1801–1870), who was born at Diedldorf, Upper Palatinate, distinguished himself as a painter and a

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of old pictures. He successfully employed alcoholic vapours, and a

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of his own invention, to protect paintings against the destructive influence of the atmosphere. He was chiefly employed in the galleries of Munich, Augsburg,

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, Carlsruhe, Basle, and Solothurn. He died at Augsburg in 1870.

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* 1801 births 1870 deaths 19th-century German painters German male painters People from Schwandorf (district) Conservator-restorers 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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