Early Life, Family and Training Emanuel Fohn enters the world on March 26, 1881, in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria. The path toward a life in art is not a straight one. He begins his education in the rigid discipline of law, but the pursuit of legal studies is cut short. He abandons the law to devote himself entirely to painting. The transition from student to practitioner begins in Dachau, where he completes his first apprenticeship. This foundational period leads him toward the formal structures of European art education. He moves to Munich to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, working…