He entered La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, as a pupil of Lorenzale and Antoni Caba and furthered his artistic studies in Paris with the master Gérôme. He straight away won the Fortuny Prize, which enabled him to travel to Rome.

His work evolved from Naturalism to a style close to Modernisme, but he never became a representative of this current, in spite of dealing with several subjects that were fashionable at that time (Ball de tarda [Evening Ball] 1905; private collection, Barcelona, and Solitud [Solitude] 1891; MNAC collection). In 1898 trave-lled around Spain with R. Casas and later went to South America. He acted as middleman in the sale of two Grecos that S. Rusiñol bought for Cau Ferrat in Sitges.

He painted many pictures of the Catalan coast and eventually settled in Eivissa (Ibiza) in 1931.

He also designed a number of posters, gaining honourable mentions in the competitions he entered