Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe Thommen nwụsịrị, ọ ghaghị iji ọrụ ndị na-adịchaghị mkpa na-akwado onwe ya ka ọ na-agbalị ire ihe osise ya, ruo mgbe mmalite nke Agha Franco-Prussian, mgbe onye mbipụta akwụkwọ, Eduard Hallberger, nke Stuttgart, goro ya ka o mee ihe atụ nke ihe nkiri site na agha maka magazin "Über Land und Meer". Ọrụ a kpọgara ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ ndị agha dị na Karlsruhe, Strasbourg n'oge bọmbụ ahụ, nnọchibido nke Belfort
na Les Verrières maka ntinye nke Armée de l'Est. Nke a nyeere ya aka ịmalite ịmụ akwụkwọ na State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, ebe ọ na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ maka Hallberger. Ọ gakwara Vienna, iji mepụta mbipụta nke Old Masters, ma mepụta ihe osise anatomical na ụlọ ọgwụ obodo maka mbipụta nke Dọkịta Salomon Stricker.