Early Life, Family and Training Anton Teichlein was born in Munich on 28 January 1820. He grew up within a respected citizen family in the city, the son of a confectioner. While his early path seemed destined for the study of sciences, his interests shifted after he finished his lower Latin classes. He chose instead to pursue a formal education at the Munich Academy. In the studio of Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Teichlein began the slow wor…