A Life Between Borders Robert Wellmann was born in 1866 in Miercurea Sibiului, Romania. His early years were shaped by the educational traditions of the Evangelical Gymnasium in Sibiu, where he completed his studies in 1888. It was during this formative period that he began receiving drawing lessons from Carl Dörschlag. This early training provided the foundation for a life dedicated to the visual arts, leading him to study alongside contemporaries such as Fritz Schullerus, Octavian Smigelschi, and Arthur Coulin. His path eventually led him to the Royal Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Muni…