The Life and Training of Julius Noerr Munich, November 6, 1827. Julius Noerr enters the world in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He eventually establishes himself as a German landscape and genre painter, but his path begins far from the quietude of nature. In 1847, he enters the Munich Academy to begin his formal artistic training. The focus is not on the horizon, but on the mechanics of conflict. He studies under the battle painter Feodor Dietz, learning to capture the movement and chaos of military engagements. The shift occurs when the focus moves from the battlefield to the landscape. Julius No…