Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 yezviitiko zvehondo nokuda kwemagazini ye"Über Land und Meer". Uyu mugove wakamuendesa kuchipatara chemauto muKarlsruhe, Strasbourg mukati mekuputika, Kurwiswa kweBelfort
uye Les 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.