Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure porufu rwaThomen, aifanira kuzvitsigira amene namabasa enguva nenguva apo aiedza kutengesa mifananidzo yake, kutozosvikira pakuvamba kweHondo yeFrance nePrussian, apo muparidzi, Eduard Hallberger, weStuttgart, akamushandira kuti aite mifananidzo yezviono zvinobva muhondo nokuda kwemagazini ye"Über Land und Meer". Uyu mugove wakamutora kuenda kuchipatara chemauto muKarlsruhe, Strasbourg mukati mekuputika,
Kukombwa kweBelfort neLes Verrières nokuda kwokupinda kweArmée de l'Est. Izvi zvakamugonesa kutanga kudzidza paState Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, uku achiramba achishandira Hallberger. Akaendawo kuVienna, kuti agadzire makopi eOld Masters, uye akagadzira mifananidzo yezvokurapa muchipatara cheguta nokuda kwezvinyorwa naChiremba Salomon Stricker.