Carlo Brioschi (24 June 1826 – 12 November 1895) was a painter and scenic designer, born in

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, but mostly active in

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Carlo was the son of the scenic designer Giuseppe Brioschi (died in Vienna in 1856) and father of the similarly engaged

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(1854–1912) and

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(1855–1920). He was a student of

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, and

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at the

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. In 1853, he worked in Paris. From 1856 to 1886, he worked with the

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. With Johann Kautsky and

Hermann Burghart Hermann Burghart (7 April 1834, Trmice, Türmitz – 23 January 1901, Vienna) was a Bohemian-born Austrian scenic designer and set decorator. Life and work Burghart studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. In 1866, he was engaged as a set de ...

he established the cooperative enterprise of "Brioschi, Burghart und Kautsky, k.u.k. Hoftheatermaler in Wien", which employed dozens of carpenters, blacksmiths, mechanics and clerks in addition to their painters; among whom were

Georg Janny Georg Janny (20 May 1864, Vienna - 21 February 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian landscape painter and set designer. Life He worked as a scene painter in the studios of Carlo Brioschi and Johann Kautsky, alongside Alfons Mucha, and was a member of ...

, , Ferdinand Brunner and

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. The studio received many orders from abroad as well as locally. Among their regular customers was the

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in New York. Brioschi died in Vienna in 1895.

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