Kaspar Kaltenmoser was born on 25 December 1806 in Horb am Neckar and became a German genre painter and lithographer known for his depictions of rural and peasant life. He began drawing at an early age and received his first formal instruction from his brother-in-law Schott, a lithographer, before working in lithographic workshops in Freiburg and Schweinfurt. In 1830 Kaltenmoser briefly enrolled at the Munich Academy under Heinrich von Hess, leaving after six months to devote himself to studying nature directly.

Kaltenmoser undertook numerous study trips through the Tyrol, the Neckar valley, the Schwarzwald, Switzerland, and later Istria and northern Italy, gathering material for his genre scenes. His paintings focus on domestic i...