Following his family's wishes, he began a legal career, but left it to become a painter, under the encouragement of Ernesto de la Cárcova and Martín Malharro.

Following that, he lived in Segovia and Madrid, with brief stays in Germany, Austria and Italy and visits to virtually every other part of Western Europe, ending with a major exhibition in Genoa.

[1] Together with Raquel Forner, Alfredo Bigatti and Pedro Domínguez Neira (1894–1970), he created the Cursos Libres de Arte Plástico.

[1] Much of his time and energy was spent promoting modern art, in opposition to the reactionary forces prevalent at that period.

A large part of his work involves figures in unusual, kinetic poses, but he also painted landscapes with industrial buildings.