Piatnik, Ferdinand#
b. Budapest (Hungary), Oct. 14, 1819, d. Bad Voeslau (Lower Austria), July 20, 1885, illustrator of playing cards, entrepreneur. 1843 took over the Viennese card painting firm of A. Moser, which developed into one of the most important playing cards manufacturing companies in the world (F. Piatnik & Soehne.