Geiger was born in Vienna, into a
Hungarian Jewish family. His parents were Antal Geiger and Jozefin Wahringer. He first attended a drawing school and then studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he studied under
Christian Griepenkerl and
August Eisenmenger. He studied
sculpture with
Fritz Klimsch at the
Academy of Arts in Berlin. There he took part in the exhibitions of the Academy with his portrait busts and sculptures. In Paris he studied at the
Julian Academy and worked in the studio of
François Flameng. While at the Julian Academy, he focused on painting scenes from the life of the
clochards. During
World War I he worked as an illustrator for the Hungarian weekly
Tolnai Világlapja. In the 1920s he illustrated a large number of books and produced numerous portraits of
Pierrette (the female version of a Pierrot). He won several prizes in graphic competitions and took part in exhibitions in France, Germany and Hungary. Initially he worked for a Hungarian weekly magazine. By the 1920s, he worked illustrating books, bookplates and posters. His paintings included portraits, nudes, genre paintings, and mythological scenes, but he was known for his illustrations, especially his carnival motifs. ==Selected works ==