The Shadow of the Academy Landshut, 1878. A son of a teacher enters a world that will soon demand he choose between the brush and his conscience. The early years follow a structured path through the Munich Arts and Crafts School and the Technical University, leading to a state examination in drawing. By 1903, the scene shifts to the Munich Academy. Here, under the guidance of Franz von Stuck, the foundations of a graphic and painterly language begin to form alongside peers like Hans Purrmann. The trajectory moves outward. The Schack scholarship and the National prize provide the means for m…