Hermann Burghart

Hermann Burghart (7 April 1834, Türmitz – 23 January 1901, Vienna) was a Bohemian-born Austrian scenic designer and set decorator.

In 1866, he was engaged as a set designer and decorative painter at the Vienna State Opera.

Later that same year, he was taken on as a partner at the theater decorating studio belonging to Carlo Brioschi and Johann Kautsky.

Notably, they provided sets for the Viennese premiere of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.

The illustrator and architectural painter, Erwin Pendl [de] was one of his most prominent students.