He trained to become a silversmith at the Zeichenakademie Hanau from 1919 to 1922. From 1923 to 1925 he studied at Bauhaus in Weimar.
He pursued a career in silversmithing by attending the Zeichenakademie Hanau from 1919 to 1922, and later studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar from 1923 to 1925.