The Academy and the Black Forest Curt Liebich began his training within the halls of the academies in Berlin and Weimar. These studies provided him with the technical foundation needed to move between different forms of expression. He did not limit himself to a single medium, working instead as a painter, graphic artist, and sculptor. In 1896, his path led him to Gutach. He remained in this part of Germany for the rest of his life. This landscape became the central focus of his creative output. His presence in the region was marked by his role as a co-founder of the Gutach painters' colony an…