The son of a painter and interior decorator with whom he started his training, in 1884 he went to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid (San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts) and was a student of Sunyol. In 1888 he obtained a grant to spend a period first in Rome and then France. Shortly after returning to Barcelona he began working as a teacher at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and later became a member of the Sant Jordi Academy of Fine Arts.

His sculptures reflect his academic training, although in some of his works one gets a glimpse of a plastic concept that led him to immerse himself in the Modernista aesthetic, as can be seen in Caritat (Charity, 1906; MNAC collection). In his mature period he made many commemorative monuments and did sculpture used in architecture.

He stood out especially as a medal maker. He made many official medals and various plaques on sports themes.