Early Life, Family and Training Gerth Biese enters the world on August 20, 1901, in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is born into a lineage of visual expression as the son of the painter Karl Biese. This familial connection to the canvas sets a trajectory for his own development. His early education begins at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Karlsruhe, where the foundations of his technical skill are laid. The path of his training is one of constant movement between the major artistic centers of the region. In 1919, he moves to Stuttgart to take drawing lessons at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste…