Early Life, Family and Training Peter Philippi was born in Trier on 30 March 1866. His upbringing was shaped by the quiet industry of his father, a man named Peter Philippi who worked as a bookseller and binder. His mother, Katharina, came from a family of winemakers in the Mosel region. This connection to the local landscape and the tactile nature of his father's trade provided the backdrop for his early years in Germany. After attending the Royal Gymnasium, he left home in 1883 to enroll at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His time at the academy was a long, steady period of study that laste…