The Life and Academic Career of Ernst Würtenberger Ernst Würtenberger was a German painter, illustrator, graphic artist, and university teacher. His formal artistic training began at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied from 1888 to 1892 under Johann Caspar Herterich and Wilhelm von Diez. Following this, he traveled to Zurich and later spent the winter of 1894/95 in Florence to study the works of Arnold Böcklin. His academ…