Er studierte ab 1845 an der Akademie der bildenden Künste und war Schüler von Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller und Carl Rahl. ###>He seems to have been an indifferent student, but he did show an interest in art so, in 1845, he was enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna for a brief stay, then studied privately with Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller and Carl Rahl.