Joseph Aug. (Joseph August) Lux

Born in Vienna on April 8, 1871, Joseph August Lux studied art history and philology and became known as an Austrian writer, editor, and cultural critic. Reliable reference sources describe him not only as a novelist, but also as an important voice on aesthetics, architecture, interior design, and urban planning.

After periods in Germany, France, and Great Britain, he returned to Vienna around 1900 and worked with major art and culture journals. He edited the illustrated magazine Hohe Warte for several years and wrote about key moments in Viennese modernism, including exhibitions associated with the Secession and the wider design culture of the period.

Lux also wrote biographies, poems, mystery plays, and popular biographical novels. Sources highlight titles such as Grillparzers Liebesroman and Lola Montez among his better-known successes. He died in Anif near Salzburg on March 23, 1947.