Early Life, Family and Training Philadelphia, March 10, 1861. John Lambert, Jr. enters a world shaped by his father, John Lambert. His early years involve travel across Europe and England alongside his parents, a childhood movement that places the visual world directly before him. This early exposure feeds a growing interest in the mechanics of sight and form. The path toward professional discipline begins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For ten years, the training is dual and rigorous. He does not merely study the brush; he studies the structure of space. His education splits…