Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Te ahua nei he akonga koretake ia, engari i aro ia ki te toi, no reira, i te 1845, i whakauruhia ia ki te Whare Wananga o nga Toi Ataahua, Vienna mo te noho poto, katahi ka ako takitahi me Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller me Carl Rahl. Mai i te 1847 ki te 1855, i mua i te whakaoti i ana akoranga, ka noho ia hei rangatira i roto i te Austro-Hungarian Common Army me te mahi hei cuirassier i te
Te pakanga o Hungary.