A Shift in Focus Wilhelm Holter began his path in a different way than the one that would define his life. He spent several years working as a lawyer before turning his attention to the canvas. His early training took him to Karlsruhe, where he studied landscape painting under Hans Gude. It was a quiet start, focused on the natural world, but a change in direction was coming. Under the influence of Carl Gussow, his interests shifted aw…