A member of a family of artists, he started out as a stained glass window maker in the workshop of F. Vidal and became a key figure in reclaiming stained glass and integrating it into architecture, through both his production and his theoretical works and research on the subject.

He studied fine arts in Madrid and acted as a correspondent for magazines such as Ilustración Española e Iberoamericana.

His early pieces were based on designs by other representative artists of the Modernista movement, such as A. de Riquer and J. Mir, and throughout his career he collaborated with architects such as L. Domènech i Montaner. In 1890 he set up a stained glass window company with the architect J. Granell -Rigalt, Granell i Cia- and together they made the stained glass windows of the most emblematic buildings of the period, including Casa Lleó Morera (1905; Passeig de Gràcia, 35), the skylight of the Palau de la Música Catalana (1905-1908; Palau de la Música, 4-6) and the windows of Palau Montaner (1896; Mallorca, 278), all three buildings by the architect L. Domènech i Montaner.

A highly cultured man, he took part, first as a competitor, then as a member of the jury, in a large part of the events and exhibitions of the period, and became an assistant lecturer at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and a member of the Barcelona Academy of the Sciences and the Arts.