Franz Demel (real name August Waidhofer), was born in 1878, in Austria. Franz focused on both oil and watercolor paintings. His works depict landscapes, townscapes, still lifes and genre scenes. Now and again, the genre scenes with staffage which gives the paintings a narrative touch. Franz Demel's oeuvre does not leave the conventional space - color and depiction are traditional-oriented. Franz Demel died in 1947, in Austria.