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Painter and printmaker Dietz Edzard was born in the mercantile hub of Bremen, Germany in 1893 to one of the city's trading families. Edzard completed his elementary education by age sixteen and went on to apprentice at a wood importing firm.

Dissatisfied with the life of a tradesman, he left the firm after a year to pursue art studies in Karlsruhe, hoping for an apprenticeship with the artist Wilhelm Trubner at the Academy of Arts.

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The famed Realist painter was now in an administrative position and was not available to teach the aspiring artist, and, after a few courses in drawing and rudimentary painting, Edzard moved on again. This led to a period of exploration, including a stint with a traveling circus as a rope dancer and a brief communal life with young artists in Stuttgart, who helped the novice painter hone his skills and introduced him to newer, more exciting genres that were appearing throughout all major European cities.

In 1911 he set out for Berlin, hoping to im