A Life in Bloom Joseph Schuster was born in 1812 in Hradec nad Moravicí, Czech Republic. His path toward the arts began when his family moved to Vienna. While his father worked as a confectioner for a high-ranking official, Joseph’s own talent caught the eye of a professor at the Academy. This early recognition opened the doors to formal training, where he studied under several masters of the era. He spent his formative years absorbin…