Early Life and Artistic Training Robert Schraudolph enters the historical record on August 1, 1887, in Sonthofen, Germany. The quietude of his birthplace stands in contrast to the rigorous academic path that follows. By 1911, the focus shifts to the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where the foundations of his technical skill are laid. He enters the studio environment as a student of Professors Gabriel von Hackl and Carl von Marr, absorbing the formal disciplines of the Munich school. The momentum of his education is abruptly fractured by the onset of war. Between 1915 and 1918, Schraudolph’s t…