Early Life, Family and Training Born on October 4, 1855, in Skibby Parish, Alexander Wilde entered a world shaped by both maritime tradition and intellectual rigor. He was the son of Ida Thiele and the naval officer Otto Alexander Klemme Wilde. This lineage provided a foundation of discipline and social standing that would follow him into his adult life. While his later years would be defined by the brush and the pastel, his early pat…