 From 1926 until 1929, he lived in Dresden, and participated in an exhibition of the "Dredner Secession" there in 1929.He lived in Ascona in Switzerland from 1929 through 1930, and then in Berlin until 1932.After a longer residence on Lake Garda, he stayed in Paris in the years from 1932 to 1936 and became acquainted with André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Paul Éluard and Max Ernst.