The Formative Years in Munich and Vienna Born in Pest, Hungary, in 1858, Róbert Nádler began his path toward the canvas through a rigorous education in the classical traditions. His training took him to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied the ancient styles, before his interests expanded toward the structural precision of architecture at the Technical University in Vienna. This dual foundation in the classical and the structural would define his later approach to the world around him. He spent his early professional years working under the guidance of architects, includ…