Early Life, Family and Training Winterthur, Switzerland, serves as the starting point for Adolf Stäbli, born on 31 May 1842. His lineage is rooted in the craft of engraving; his father, Diethelm, hails from Brugg, Aargau. The path toward fine art begins early. At sixteen, Adolf Stäbli leaves formal schooling behind to enter his father's workshop, beginning his first real engagement with the technical demands of visual representation. The training shifts from the domestic sphere to the professional studio in Zürich. Between 1859 and 1861, he serves as an apprentice to Rudolf Koller. This per…