Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na 1874 ruo 1877, ọ gara Mahadum Stuttgart, bụ́ ebe ọ gụrụ oké akwụkwọ n'ihe banyere ụkpụrụ ụlọ. Ọ gụkwara nka ma banye na Prussian Academy of Arts, ebe ndị nkuzi ya bụ Fritz Schaper na Albert Wolff, mezue ọmụmụ ya na 1879. Ihe oyiyi ya "Siegerbote von Marathon" (Onye ozi si
Marathon) wetara ya "Prix-de-Rome" site na Prussian Academy of Arts, nke gunyere onyinye nke mere ka o nwee ike ịga njem mmụta na Rom site na 1881 ruo 1882.