The Soul of the Landscape: The Life and Art of Carl Wagner Born in the quiet village of Roßdorf in 1796, Carl Wagner emerged as a profound voice within the German Romantic movement, a painter whose work sought to capture the raw, unadorned essence of the natural world. The son of the poet Johann Ernst Wagner, Carl’s early years were steeped in a literary and observant atmosphere that likely nurtured his deep connection to the environm…