Early Life, Family and Training Otto Herrmann was born on January 30, 1899, in Stuttgart, Germany. He spent his formative years in Feuerbach, a district of the city where his childhood and youth took shape. His early path was shaped by practical technical training rather than immediate artistic pursuit. In 1914, he began an apprenticeship as a photoengraver, a craft that would provide him with a foundational understanding of graphic reproduction and line work. His formal artistic education began later, when he entered the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts. From 1920 to 1928, he dedicated himsel…