Carl Moser was born in Bolzano in 1873 as the son of painter Karl Moser the Elder. He was trained at the Academy in Munich by Karl Raupp, Gabriel von Hackl and Ludwig von Herterich. Subsequently, he travelled through Germany, Italy and Corsica. From 1906 to 1907, Moser studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and travelled to Brittany. From 1902 onward, he made a name for himself with excellent woodcuts influenced by the French impressionists and Japanese art.
He died in Bolzano in 1939.