Editing Wilhelm Busch (section)

===Study===
In September 1847 Busch began studying [[mechanical engineering]] at [[Leibniz University Hannover|Hannover Polytechnic]]. Busch's biographers are not in agreement as to why his Hanover education ended; most believe that his father had little appreciation of his son's artistic inclination.<ref>Kraus, p. 24</ref> Biographer [[Eva Weissweiler]] suspects that Kleine played a major role, and that other possible causes were Busch's friendship with an innkeeper, Brümmer, political debates in Brümmer's tavern, and Busch's reluctance to believe every word of the Bible and [[catechism]].<ref>Weissweiler, {{p.|43|44}}</ref>

Busch studied for nearly four years at Hanover, despite initial difficulties in understanding the subject matter. A few months before graduation he confronted his parents with his aspiration to study at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf Art Academy]]. According to Bush's nephew Hermann Nöldeke, his mother supported this inclination.<ref>Diers, p. 21</ref> His father eventually acquiesced and Busch moved to [[Düsseldorf]] in June 1851,<ref name="Weissweiler, p. 51">Weissweiler, p. 51</ref> where, to his disappointment at not being admitted to the advanced class, he entered preparatory classes.<ref>Weissweiler, p. 56</ref> Busch's parents had his tuition fees paid for one year, so in May 1852 he traveled to [[Antwerp]] to continue study at the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)|Royal Academy of Fine Arts]] under [[Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans]]. He led his parents to believe that the academy was less regimented than Düsseldorf, and had the opportunity to study [[Old Master]]s.<ref>Weissweiler, p. 64</ref> At Antwerp he saw for the first time paintings by [[Peter Paul Rubens]], [[Adriaen Brouwer]], [[David Teniers the Younger|David Teniers]], and [[Frans Hals]].<ref name="Schury, p. 49">Schury, p. 49</ref> The pictures aroused his interest, but made him doubt his own skills.<ref name="K30"/> Eventually, in 1853, after suffering heavily from [[Typhoid fever|typhus]], he abandoned his Antwerp studies and returned penniless to Wiedensahl.<ref>Busch, Bohne, Meskemper, Haberland, p. 6</ref>