Vienna | Bachelor of Arts | Academy Awards | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | University of Vienna | Master of Arts (postgraduate) | National Endowment for the Arts | Master of Arts | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Electronic Arts | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | United States Air Force Academy | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Vienna State Opera | Royal Academy of Music | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Tisch School of the Arts | mixed martial arts | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Institute of Contemporary Arts | École des Beaux-Arts | California Institute of the Arts | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Vienna University of Technology | Phillips Exeter Academy | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Starting in 1785 he taught at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for 32 years, where some of his students included Moritz Michael Daffinger, Peter Fendi, Friedrich von Amerling.
A pupil, at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, of Eduard von Lichtenfels in painting, of Louis Jacoby in engraving, and of William Unger in etching, he completed his studies traveling in Italy, Spain, North Africa, Egypt, and India, and afterwards settled in Vienna.