Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Laga soo bilaabo 1874 ilaa 1877, wuxuu wax ka bartay Jaamacadda Stuttgart, isagoo ku takhasusay dhismaha. Wuxuu sidoo kale bartay farshaxanka wuxuuna galay Akadeemiyada Farshaxanka ee Prussia, halkaas oo macallimiintiisa ay ahaayeen Fritz Schaper iyo Albert Wolff, isagoo dhammaystiray waxbarashadiisa 1879. Taalada "Siegerbote von Marathon" (Ergeyga ka socda
Marathon) wuxuu u keenay "Prix-de-Rome" oo ka socota Akadeemiyada Farshaxanka ee Prussian, oo ay kujirtay deeq waxbarasho oo u saamaxday inuu safar waxbarasho ku tago Rome 1881 ilaa 1882.