Early Life and Artistic Training Born in 1735 in Strasbourg, Georges-Frédéric Meyer grew up in a household defined by practical craft. He was the son of a local belt maker, a man whose livelihood depended on the steady hands and precision required for leatherwork. This environment of manual skill likely provided a quiet, disciplined backdrop to his early years in Alsace. His path toward the fine arts began with a foundation in the tr…