Early Life, Family and Training Gottfried Julius Scholtz entered the art world from Breslau, Poland, where he was born in 1825. His technical foundation was built at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. This training was not merely academic; it was a direct lineage of skill acquired under the instruction of Julius Hübner. This connection placed Scholtz within a specific tradition of German painting, focusing on the precision required for both history and portraiture. The discipline Scholtz developed during these formative years dictated the trajectory of his career as a history and portrait pai…