The Formative Years in Germany Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Auguste Schepp entered the world of fine art through the rigorous academic traditions of the nineteenth century. Her early training was shaped by the guidance of Eugen Napoleon Neureuther in Munich and Karl Ferdinand Sohn in Düsseldorf. These studies provided the technical foundation upon which her later career was built, grounding her practice in the disciplined methods of the era. By 1892, Schepp had established herself in Munich, a city that was then a central hub for German artistic development. Her presence in this creative envir…