Alois Senefelder’s Brief Biography and the Life and Times of Alois Senefelder Senefelder’s given name is Johann Nepomuk Franz Alois Senefelder. He was born in Prague in 1771. Senefelder was 24 when he discovered the process known today as lithography. Senefelder’s father was a noted German actor. Following in the footsteps of his entertainer father, … Continue reading The Invention of Lithography and Offset Printing