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

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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, ,

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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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