Second chair in art history at the University of Vienna 1873; director of the Albertina museum. Thausing was born in Aussig am Elbe, Austria which is present-day Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic. He initially studied at Prague before changing his studies to German literature and philology at the University in Vienna. The work of Gustav A. Heider and Rudolf Eitelberger von Edelberg changed his mind to study art history.