Education
Between 1904 and 1908 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden. He worked till 1910 as a freelancer in Chemnitz and studied again from 1910-1914 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden under Eugen Bracht and Gotthardt Kuehl.
Between 1904 and 1908 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden. He worked till 1910 as a freelancer in Chemnitz and studied again from 1910-1914 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden under Eugen Bracht and Gotthardt Kuehl.
After going on a study trip to the Baltic Sea and the Netherlands, he moved to Niederlößnitz in 1914 to live with Paul Wilhelm and Wilhelm Claus. There he worked as a freelance artist. Between 1915 and 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War.
In 1923 and 1924 he went on two trips to Italy.
Between 1924 and 1933 he was a member of the Artists" Association.