Early Life, Family and Training Max Frey was born on April 16, 1874, in Mühlburg near Karlsruhe. He came from a family of merchants, a background that provided a stable foundation as he began to explore his creative inclinations. His formal education in the arts started at the Arts and Crafts school in Karlsruhe, where he first learned to handle his materials and develop a sense of design. His training deepened when he entered the Ac…