In ı922, Felix decides that he does not want to finish high school. He wants to be a painter. Philippe encourages him and supports him financially for the rest of his life. So Felix leaves Osnabruck to begin studying art in Hamburg. In ı925, ı925 he is accepted into the National School of Applied Arts in Berlin. There he meets Felka Platek, a painter of Polish origin, who later becomes his wife. In ı998, ı998 a museum is dedicated to his work in Osnabruck, his place of birth.