A Life in Munich Robert Julius Beyschlag began his life in Nördlingen, within the Kingdom of Bavaria. He was born on 1 July 1838, entering a world where his family roots in the arts stretched back as far as the seventeenth century. Seeking to refine his natural inclinations, he moved to Munich to study at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. This academy was a central point for the Munich School, a group of artists who found success by p…