A Life in Realism Born in Frankfurt in 1821, Angilbert Wunibald Göbel lived through a period of profound social and artistic transition. His life was marked by a departure from traditional academic subjects toward a more direct engagement with the human condition. By the mid-19th century, he had moved toward the burgeoning movement of Realism, seeking to depict the world as it truly existed rather than through a lens of idealized beaut…