Johann Kautsky

Johann Baptist Wenzel Kautsky (or Jan Václav Kautský; 14 September 1827, Prague – 4 September 1896, Sankt Gilgen) was a Czech scenic designer, landscape painter and co-owner of "Brioschi, Burghart und Kautsky", a stage decorating company in Vienna.

They had a daughter and three sons, one of whom was the Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky.

Hoftheatermaler in Wien", which employed dozens of carpenters, blacksmiths, mechanics and clerks in addition to their painters; among whom were Georg Janny, Leopold Rothaug [de], Ferdinand Brunner and Alfons Mucha.

Brioschi and Kautsky slowly gave up active participation in the firm, which was led by Burghart until his retirement in 1892.

That same year, Kautsky bought out his partners and handed the company over to his sons, Hans and Fritz, who joined with the Italian-born painter, Franz Angelo Rottonara [hu], and operated under the name "Kautskys Söhne und Rottonara".