Early Life, Family and Training Born in Vienna on 6 September 1850, Andreas Groll entered a world where the visual image was being captured in new and striking ways. He was the son of Andreas Groll, a photographer who had been active in the city until 1872. This familial connection to the lens and the study of light likely shaped the environment in which the young painter grew. Growing up in the heart of Austria, Groll was destined to…