Early Life and Artistic Training Robert Alott was born Robert Kronawetter on October 22, 1850, in Graz, within the Empire of Austria. His early years in this region provided the foundation for a life spent observing the natural world. By 1868, he had moved to Vienna to begin formal studies at the Kunstakademie Wien. He remained there for five years, honing his technical skills until 1873. His training eventually led him away from the Austrian capital and toward the Düsseldorf School. It was in Düsseldorf that his approach to landscape painting took on a specific character. He studied the wo…