Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School
Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen years old. In 1860, he became a student of Jozef Van Lerius in Antwerp. After returning to Germany he went to Weimar, where he studied under Ferdinand Pauwels at the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School. In 1866, he returned to his home town, although he went on several study trips. He settled down as a free-lance painter in Weimar in 1868.