Brief Biography-Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels from Vienna was the son of philosopher Johann Peithner von Lichtenfels. He studied under Franz Steinfeld and Thomas Ender at Vienna Academy. After that, Eduard spent time in Düsseldorf, where he was an associate of the Malkasten, the Paintbox Artists Association, founded in 1848. After Düsseldorf, Eduard served in the infantry during the Italian encounter of 1859 before returning to Vienna.
From 1872, Lichtenfels taught as a professor of landscape painting at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and later became a rector of the Academy. He was also an honoured Belgian Royal Society of Watercolours Association member. His works mainly consisted of landscapes and the mountains of Austria and Bavaria. He died in Berlin, where he had moved to after his retirement.