 Ultimately, he returned to Strasbourg where he became renowned for his portrayals of the Old City and its inhabitants.He was a member of the artistic community known as the "Cercle de Saint-Léonard", named after a village in the commune of Bœrsch in the Bas-Rhin; a group that included , Léon Hornecker, , Alfred Marzolff, , Joseph Sattler, Émile Schneider, Léo Schnug and Charles Spindler.A street in Robertsau, a suburb to the north of Strasbourg, has been named for him.