In 1827 he went to Copenhagen, where he studied at the Academy for about three years, until financial difficulties forced him to move to Christiania (now Oslo) and take up portrait-painting.
Godine 1827. odlazi u Kopenhagen, gde je tri godine studirao na Akademiji, dok su ga finansijske teškoće primorale da se preseli u Kristijaniju (danas Oslo) gde je krenuo da se bavi portretima.