Joseph Sebastian Oberbauer (Bulgarian: Йозеф Себастиан Обербауер or Йосиф Себастиан Обербауер; 3 October 1853, St. Leonhard – 14 June 1926, Sofia) was an Austrian and Bulgarian painter and engineer. Oberbauer was born in Sankt Leonhard[a] in the Alpine region of Tyrol in the Austrian Empire. He attended a primary school in his hometown and finished high school in Innsbruck. Having demonstrated artistic talent in his childhood years, Oberbauer's desire was to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts in the imperial capital Vienna. However, his father insisted that he study engineering. Three years in