他的家人最初来自波希米亚和他的父亲约瑟夫Kracker（1683年至1733年），是一位雕塑家。他接受了他的第一次训练与安东·赫佐格（1692至1740年），并在继续维也纳美术学院 1738那里他的老师包括后保罗Troger和米开朗基罗Unterberger。他的第一个壁画，为的Schlosskirche圣马丁创建（格拉茨）于1742年，都没有存活。

最初，他是受聘于一个车间布尔诺，后来成为独立和整个工作摩拉维亚，在短暂定居兹诺伊莫，在那里，他结婚了。然后，他转移到上部匈牙利于1754年，他在那里工作Šaštín和普雷绍夫（无论是现在还是在斯洛伐克）。从1760年至1761年，他在布拉格的地方，尽管从布拉格画家协会的反对，他执行的壁画在圣尼古拉在教会布拉格小城。从1762年至1764年，他画在修道院和普利孟特瑞会教堂Jasov。

1767年，他定居埃格尔。主教卡尔·冯·艾什泰哈齐委托他在做的工作埃格尔教区和主教的属性。三年后，他创造了“方济住院会教堂”（祭坛济会教堂），并在1777年他制作了他的杰作，描绘了安理会的遄达在Líceum。他仍然在主教的服务，他的余生，虽然他偶尔前往其他地方执行小的佣金。
 

His family originally came from Bohemia and his father, Josef Kracker (1683–1733), was a sculptor. He received his first training with Anton Hertzog (1692–1740) and continued at the Academy of Fine Arts Viennaafter 1738, where his teachers included Paul Troger and Michelangelo Unterberger.[1] His first frescoes, created for the Schlosskirche St. Martin (Graz) in 1742, have not survived.

Initially, he was employed at a workshop in Brno, later becoming independent and working throughoutMoravia, briefly settling in Znojmo, where he got married. He then moved on to Upper Hungary in 1754, where he worked in Šaštín and Prešov (both now in Slovakia).[1] From 1760 to 1761, he was in Prague where, despite objections from the Prague Painters' Guild, he executed frescoes at the Church of St. Nikolaus inMalá Strana. From 1762 to 1764, he painted at the Monastery and the Premonstratensian Church in Jasov.[1]

In 1767, he settled in Eger. Bishop Karl von Esterházy commissioned him to do work for the Diocese of Egerand at the Bishop's properties. Three years later, he created the altarpiece for the "Minoritenkirche" (Franciscan Church) and in 1777 he produced his masterpiece depicting the Council of Trent at the Líceum.[1] He remained in the Bishop's service for the rest of his life, although he occasionally travelled to execute small commissions elsewhere.