Early Life and Artistic Training The story of Ernst Witt begins in Altona, where he entered the world on 1 November 1901. It was a time of shifting tides, and the young man would eventually find his purpose through the disciplined study of form and color. His path led him toward the Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg, an institution where he would spend the formative years between 1919 and 1923. Under the guidance of Arthur Illies and Julius W…