Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1874 kusvika muna 1877, akapinda Yunivhesiti yeStuttgart, achidzidza nezvokuvaka. Akadzidzawo unyanzvi uye akapinda muPrussian Academy of Arts, uko vadzidzisi vake vaiva Fritz Schaper naAlbert Wolff, vachipedza zvidzidzo zvake muna 1879. Chiumbwa chake "Siegerbote von Marathon" (Nhume inobva kuMarathon
) yakamuunzira "Prix-de-Rome" kubva kuPrussian Academy of Arts, iyo yaisanganisira stipendium iyo yakamugonesa kuita rwendo rwekudzidza kuenda kuRome kubva muna 1881 kusvika muna 1882.