Later he conducted artistic activity from his private address on Reistrupvej in Næstved. From around 1910 he created patriotic scenes of horses and battles from the wars of the First and Second Schleswig Wars including "Rytterfægtningen ved Vorbasse" (1892) and "Affæren ved Høien kro" (1919). He also worked as an illustrator in the same sphere. Additionally he illustrated the works of novelist and poet Bernhard Severin Ingemann.