▁official ▁website ▁ ▁Category : The at res ▁in ▁Houston <0x0A> </s> ▁Emil ▁Rudolf ▁We iß , ▁or ▁We iss ▁( 1 2 ▁October ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁L ahr ▁- ▁ 7 ▁ ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁Me ers burg ), ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁painter , ▁typ ograph er , ▁graph ic ▁artist ▁and ▁poet . ▁ ▁Biography ▁▁▁▁ ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁police ▁officer ▁and ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Bre is ach ▁and ▁Baden - B aden . ▁From ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁he ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts , ▁Kar ls ru he , ▁with ▁Robert ▁Po etz el berger . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁album ▁of ▁works ▁and ▁a ▁volume ▁of ▁ly ric ▁poetry . ▁After ▁leaving ▁Kar ls ru he , ▁he ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁Julian ▁in ▁Paris . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁F éli x ▁Vall ot ton , ▁he ▁illustrated ▁a ▁calendar ▁book ▁called ▁Der ▁b unte ▁Vog el ▁( The ▁Color ful ▁Bird ). ▁▁ ▁He ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Kar ls ru he ▁before ▁going ▁to ▁Stuttgart , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁Hans ▁Th oma ▁and ▁Leopold ▁Graf ▁von ▁Kal ck re uth . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁he ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁Paris ▁with ▁his ▁friend , ▁Karl ▁Ho fer . ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁he ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁patron age