 He taught students in his house, and, from Summer 1817, at an orphanage.19 students were taught in the first year.In 1829 it was decided that the Städel Institute of Art would be an art education institute and the teachers Philipp Veit (1793–1877, painting), Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer (1800–1860, architecture) and (1796–1868, sculpture) were appointed.