At the age of 11, while sketching Gaucho portraits between shoe shines, he was discovered by Cupertino del Campo, who went on to become the Director of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Buenos Aires.

[2] In 1904, he was awarded the Prix de Rome (Premio Roma)[3] and entered the Royal Academy of Painting in Turin, studying under Giacomo Grosso, Francisco Gilardi, and Andrea Tavernier.

He was awarded the Silver Medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1914, which included an annually exhibited hors concours painting.

His painting La muerte de Güemes, which received a Gold Medal at the 1910 Centenary of National Independence Exposition, was later purchased for display by the Salta Provincial Government.

Alice painted several portraits of notable Argentines of his time, including General Julio Argentino Roca, Joaquín Víctor González, and Marcelino Ugarte.