The Quiet Observer of Old Cities Born in Würzburg, August Kühles spent his formative years amidst the storied streets of Bamberg. This early exposure to the architecture of the past likely planted the seeds for a life spent capturing the essence of the built environment. His path as a painter led him from the German Empire to the prestigious halls of the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich, where he began his formal training in 1877. He so…