Ferdinand Runk (October 14, 1764 – December 3, 1834), also known as Franz Ferdinand Runk, was a German-Austrian landscape painter, draftsman and etcher.

In 1778 Runk graduated from theAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna, and studied with among othersHubert Maurer,Friedrich August andJohann Christian Brand. Soon after completion of the Academy, he was very successful, in addition to oil paintings mainly withgouache, his preferred technique. From 1795 he was employed byJohn of Austria, later employed byKarl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg andJohann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. For them, he traveled through the Tyrol, the Netherlands, Germany and France, where he painted many landscape views. Many of his drawings and watercolors were reproduced in print series.

He lived and worked mainly inBohemia, mainly inČeský Krumlov, but also inStyria, in the service ofJoseph II of Schwarzenberg (1769–1833). Between 1803 and 1810, an intense friendship and collaboration with his pupil and patron Pauline Schwarzenberg, the wife of Joseph II.^{[clarification needed]} On the death of Pauline in 1810 was followed by a nearly year-long hiatus.^{[clarification needed]}

In 1811 Runk married Rosalie Zadlitzová, with whom he had two daughters. He later lived primarily in Austria. Despite its popularity, his works were rarely found on exhibitions, but were shown at the exhibitions of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1822 and 1824. In his last years he turned his attention increasingly to the restoration of old paintings from the collection ofSchwarzenberg. When Runk died in 1834 he was buried atSchloss Neuwaldegg. Many of his works can be found in the Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts and in theAlbertina museum in Vienna today.

The asteroid4662 Runk was named by Czech astronomerJana Tichá after Ferdinand Runk, as Runk had in 1830 painted a panoramic watercolor of the view fromKleť (1038 meters), the location of theKleť Observatory.

• H. Schöny: Runk, Franz Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Encyclopaedia 1815-1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 1988,ISBN 3-7001-1483-4, p 328

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