The Düsseldorf Origins Düsseldorf, 1879. The air in the German city carries the weight of a burgeoning industrial and artistic era. Hans Kohlschein enters this landscape, a painter whose hands would later navigate both the delicate textures of gouache and the heavy application of oil on canvas. His early years are rooted in this specific German tradition, a foundation that informs his approach to light and subject matter. The work emer…