A Life in Miniature Born in Au, Vorarlberg, on 20 October 1760, Wendelin Moosbrugger entered a world where craftsmanship was a family vocation. His lineage was one of builders, plasterers, and painters, providing a foundation of practical skill that would later inform his delicate hand. As a child, he displayed an early aptitude for drawing, a talent that led him away from the heavy work of construction toward the refined precision of the brush. His initial training took place in Konstanz, where he began his career not as a fine artist, but as a decorative painter. The transition from decorat…