[1] Kaspar Albrecht grew up in a large family in Rehmen, Austria, in rather poor conditions in Bregenzerwald.

He then studied in Munich at the Municipal Commercial School and in Vienna with Josef Muellner at the Academy of Fine Arts .

During World War I, he was a lieutenant in the Tyrolean Kaiserjaeger for three years and was decorated with the Gold Medal of Courage, the highest award of its kind presented by the Austrian Army.

Albrect was involved with the design and creation of the decorative stained and leaded windows and glass cabinet doors.

At this time he also created the life-sized figure of Old Abe the bald eagle that was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.