Ka cika wannan magana: Daga shekara ta 1874 zuwa 1877, ya halarci Jami'ar Stuttgart, inda ya karanci aikin gine-gine. Ya kuma yi karatun zane-zane kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Prussian, inda malamansa Fritz Schaper da Albert Wolff, suka kammala karatunsa a 1879. Gininsa "Siegerbote von Marathon" (Manzon daga
Marathon) ya kawo masa "Prix-de-Rome" daga Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Prussian, wanda ya haɗa da tallafin karatu wanda ya ba shi damar yin balaguron karatu zuwa Rome daga 1881 zuwa 1882.