Education
He also took drawing lessons and, from 1855 to 1860, attended classes at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart under Heinrich von Rustige and Bernhard von Neher.
lithographer painter university professor
He also took drawing lessons and, from 1855 to 1860, attended classes at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart under Heinrich von Rustige and Bernhard von Neher.
From 1850 to 1857, Kappis trained as a lithographer in his uncle"s workshop. In 1860, he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Karl von Piloty. He made a return trip through Belgium and the Moselle Valley to Düsseldorf and spent some time working with the landscape painter Theodor Christoph Schüz.
From 1871 to 1874 he lived with Braith and Mali in their so-called "Swabian Castle".
He was appointed a Professor at the Royal Art School at Stuttgart in 1880 and became a leader of the Swabian Impressionists. This was followed by painting trips to a wide range of areas from Bavaria to the Baltic Sea.
He retired in 1905.