Michael Wutky (1739 - 1822/23),

• Was an Austrian landscape painter in the Rococo style.
• Wutky was born in Krems an der Donau, Austria.
• In 1759, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Martin van Meytens.
• In 1770, he became a member of the Vienna Academy and went to Italy on its behalf.
• Wutky spent six years in Italy, mainly in Rome, from 1781 to 1787.
• He is best known for the paintings he produced during a stay in Naples.
• Mount Vesuvius was especially active at that time.
• His stepbrother, Franz Neumann, the Director of the "Royal Coin and Antiquities Gallery", left him 40,000 Florins, but he continued to earn his living by painting.
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