Early Life, Family and Training Emanuel Stöckler was born on 24 December 1819 in Nikolsburg, Moravia, within the Austrian Empire. His path into the arts was not the one his family had envisioned for him. His father, a pharmacist by profession, held different aspirations for his son, hoping that he would pursue a career in medicine. However, the pull toward visual expression proved stronger than the call of the apothecary's shop. Seek…