The Impressionist Eye of Otto Strützel To look at the work of Leopold Otto Strützel is to see the German landscape through a lens of disciplined observation. He did not merely paint scenery; he captured the specific, fleeting light of the Bavarian countryside. His move to Munich in 1885 marked a definitive shift in his trajectory, moving him away from the academic rigor of his early training toward a more immediate, impressionistic en…