Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O yiri ka ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ na-enweghị mmasị, mana o gosipụtara mmasị na nka ya mere, na 1845, e debara aha ya na Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna maka obere oge, wee mụọ ihe na nzuzo na Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller na Carl Rahl. Site na 1847 ruo 1855, tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ ya, ọ ghọrọ onye isi na ndị agha Austro-Hungarian Common Army ma jee ozi dị ka cuirassier na
Mgbasa Ozi Hungary.