The Life and Career of Robert Weise Robert Weise was a German painter of landscapes and portraits, as well as an illustrator. Originally intending to pursue a military career, he turned to painting after being discharged in 1888 due to illness. He received private lessons from Hermann Drück at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart before transferring to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied under Heinrich Lauenstein, Hugo C…