The Life and Training of Ferdinand Feldhütter Born in Munich, Germany, on April 7, 1842, Ferdinand Feldhütter began his professional life far from the quietude of the mountains. Before finding his footing in the landscape tradition, he worked as a folk singer, a pursuit that suggests a man comfortable in the social spaces of his era. His formal technical training began in the practical trades of decoration and rouleau painting, skills that provided a foundation in color and surface even as his interests drifted toward the natural world. Feldhütter’s path toward fine art was marked by a depa…