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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Wilhelm Haller
Early Life and Education in Freiburg Born on May 28, 1873, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Wilhelm Haller entered a world where the brush was already a familiar presence. He was the son of Konrad Haller, a man who earned his living as a decorative painter. This early exposure to the craft meant that the language of color and form was part of the household atmosphere from his earliest years. Even as a child and throughout his youth, h
e found himself deeply preoccupied with the act of painting, a passion that seemed to reside within him long before he sought formal training. His path through the educational institutions of Freiburg was steady. He attended the local Volksschule before moving on to the Berthold-Gymnasium. It was there, in 1892, that he completed his Abitur. While his academic training suggested a different trajectory, the pull of the visual arts rema…