Robert Weise

Robert Weise (2 April 1870, in Stuttgart – 5 November 1923, in Starnberg) was a German painter, of landscapes and portraits, and an illustrator. His works were influenced by French Impressionism. Biography He had originally planned to pursue a career in the military, but was discharged in 1888, due to an illness. As a result, he turned to painting; taking private lessons from at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. In 1889, he transferred to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied with Heinrich Lauenstein, Hugo Crola, Adolf Schill, and Arthur Kampf. During the winter months of 1892 and 1893, he went to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. His primary instructors there were Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and William-Adolphe Bouguereau In 1896, after travelling throughout Belgium, Holland, Italy and Spain, he settled in Munich, where he made friends with the staff members of Jugend, a progressive art magazine. Its founder, Georg Hirth, was known to be a strong supporter of young artists, and provided them with numerous commissions. In 1899, he was part of a group that established an artists' association called "", an agricultural term that often means "homeland", but they denied any patriotic intent.