The Self-Taught Visionary of the Austrian Landscape In the heart of Vienna, amidst the burgeoning artistic energy of the late eighteenth century, a talent emerged that would eventually define the pastoral soul of the Austrian landscape. Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger was not a product of the rigid, prestigious academies that typically groomed the masters of his era; rather, he was a testament to the profound power of innate, self-directe…