He began his training with the painter Simó Gómez and when he had finished went to Paris where he studied for five years in the atelier of the Idealist painter Raphel Collin. In Paris he got to know the work of other French Symbolist artists as well as that of the Pre-Raphaelites.

Upon his return he became the representative of Modernista Symbolism, especially in the final years of the 19th century, around 1896, with works representing female figures, in the manner of nymphs, in melancholy poses, enveloped in a misty atmosphere - such as Nimfes del capvespre (Nymphs of the Evening, 1899; Olot Museum of Fine Arts) - which led to his being dubbed "the painter of fairies". His best work, which became representative of his production, is Somni (Dream, 1905; MNAC collection), closely related to the British Pre-Raphaelites.

As a critic he published various articles in the magazine Joventut.