Education
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, from 1844 to 1850 with Christian Ruben (figurative painting) and Max Haushofer (landscape painting).
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, from 1844 to 1850 with Christian Ruben (figurative painting) and Max Haushofer (landscape painting).
In 1850, he went to Düsseldorf to continue his studies with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. The following year, he began work in Prague as a theater decorator. They had three sons, one of whom was Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky.
In 1863, he was appointed a decorative artist for the Vienna State Opera.
Hoftheatermaler in Wien", which employed dozens of carpenters, blacksmiths, mechanics and clerks in addition to their painters. Among whom were Georg Janny, Leopold Rothaug, Ferdinand Brunner and Alfons Mucha.
The studio received many orders from abroad as well as locally. Among their regular customers was the Metropolitan Opera in New New York
Brioschi and Kautsky slowly gave up active participation in the firm, which was led by Burghart until his retirement in 1892.
They remained in business for several more decades.