After only a few months he left the Weimar Academy, where his teachers were Fritz Mackensen and Albin Egger-Lienz, and went on a study trip to the Netherlands with Werner Gilles.
Efter kun et par måneder forlod han akademiet i Weimar, hvor han studerede under Fritz Mackensen og Albin Egger-Lienz, ohvorefter han tog på studietur til Holland med Werner Gilles.