Franz Xaver Wagenschön (2 September 1726, Littisch, Bohemia (now Litíč, Czech Republic) – 1 January 1790, Vienna) was a German Bohemian painter of the Rococo and Neoclassical styles. His works are to be found in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, in Graz and in Upper Austria. Life In 1747 he went to Vienna to attend the local art academy, becoming a member of it in 1770. He was also a student of Paul Troger. 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, especially Marie Antoinette (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, Göttweig, Ollersbach, Scheibbs, Purgstall and Tulln. Gallery Sources Radka Miltová: "Franz Xaver Wagenschön a "Metamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux“ External links 1726 births 1790 deaths 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 18th-century Bohemian painters 18th-century male artists 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters Baroque painters Czech male painters German Bohemian people Austrian people of German Bohemian descent People from Trutnov District