Franz Xaver Wagenschön was a Czech-Austrian painter of the Rococo

Rococo

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 and Neoclassical

Neoclassicism

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 styles. His works are to be found in the Kunsthistorisches Museum

Kunsthistorisches Museum

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 of Vienna, in Graz

Graz

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 and in Upper Austria

Upper Austria

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.

Life

In 1747 he went to Vienna

Vienna

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 to attend the local art academy, becoming a member of it in 1770. He was also a student of Paul Troger

Paul Troger

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. In his early years he was a carriage painter, producing portraits of noblemen, working in this vein at the end of the 1760s for the children of Maria Theresa of Austria

Maria Theresa of Austria

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, especially Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

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 (later queen of France), and in 1763 painting the panels for the golden Imperialwagen. In later life he produced religious and allegorical works influenced by the Italian Baroque. He was also known for his works for monasteries and churches, including Poysdorf

Poysdorf

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, Göttweig, Ollersbach, Scheibbs

Scheibbs

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, Purgstall and Tulln.

Sources

• Radka Miltová: „Franz Xaver Wagenschön a "Metamorphoses d'Ovid
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