At the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf Gude encountered Johann Wilhelm Schirmer – a professor in landscape painting – who advised him to give up his ambitions of being a painter and to return to his regular studies before it was too late.
Na Akademiji umetnosti u Dizeldorfu je sreo Johan Vilhelm Širmera — profesora slikanja predela — koji ga je savetovao da odustane od svojih ambicija da postane slikar i da se vrati redovnim studijama odk ne bude prekasno.