He studied at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and the Baixas Academy, and was an apprentice in the workshops of the sculptors Pau Carbonell and R. Atché.

He exhibited his first works in 1904 (Pregant [Praying], 1903 and Tempestat [Storm], 1904) and the critic R. Casellas defined him as a caricatural sculptor. Shortly afterwards he held another exhibition with works on worldly subjects that was highly rated for the way the pieces were treated. Thanks to a grant, he moved to Paris in 1910 to complete his training at the School of Decorative Arts. After this, he travelled to London, Seville and Madrid. Later on, in 1918, he settled for good in New York.

He was one of the first artists Eugeni d'Ors labelled as "Noucentista" ("1900-ist"), a term coined by the philosopher and art critic in 1906 to characterise Catalan culture of the 20th century. His style is highly personal and hard to classify. It began with certain features typical of Modernisme, but evolved towards exaggerated and distorted forms that have led to his being identified with a new generation of artists. He made a whole series of sculptural portraits of well-known personalities of the period such as the political leaders Prat de la Riba and Francesc Cambó. He also worked regularly with the ceramicist A. Serra making small figures.

The works he himself regarded as his best are the sculptures on the burial vault of the Camp i Morell family (1908-1911; Lloret de Mar cemetery).

During his period of maturity he also did illustrations for magazines and books, made bookplates and turned his hand to poster design. He was one of the founders of the magazine Papitu and a regular contributor to the magazine Cu-cut!.

Around 1930 he retired from the world of art to concentrate on medical research and believed he had discovered a cure for cancer. He spent the last years of his life in a psychiatric hospital.