Early Life, Family and Training Born in 1855 in Klein-Brebel, Germany, Theodor Ohlsen was the son of a tailor. His early years were shaped by a quiet upbringing, yet a profound vocation for the visual arts began to stir within him at a young age. This inner drive eventually led him away from the familiar paths of his family's trade and toward the great centers of European artistic instruction. His formal education began in earnest wh…