Early Life, Family and Training Otto Graf was born on 13 September 1882 in Achern, Germany. He grew up in a household shaped by the rhythms of rural life, the son of a farmer named Anton Graf d. Ä. and his wife Rosina, who was born Spitzmesser. His early years in Achern provided a foundation far removed from the formal studios he would later inhabit, rooted instead in the practicalities of his family's land. Before he could dedicate…