Early Life, Family and Training Philipp Heinel was born on October 21, 1800, in Bayreuth, Germany. He grew up in a household shaped by music, as his father, Johann Friedrich Heinel, was a musician, and his mother was Anna Margaretha Schubarth. While his early years were rooted in this musical environment, his own hands sought out different tools. At the age of 14, he was sent to Nuremberg to begin learning the art of painting. His fo…