Franz Christoph Janneck

Franz Christoph Janneck (3 October 1703, Graz - 13 January 1761, Vienna) was an Austrian painter in the Baroque style.

[1] After completing his secondary education in Graz, he took art lessons from a little known still-life painter named Matthias Vangus (fl.

He moved to Vienna in 1726 and became a student of the court painter, Jacob van Schuppen, who had just become Director of the "Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst" (now the Academy of Fine Arts).

A short time later, he continued his studies in Frankfurt with the Hungarian-born painter, Josef Orient [hu].

Later, He took over management of a genre painting class at the Academy and served as Rector from 1752 to 1754, when he resigned, following his wife's death.