He studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, and William Merritt Chase.

In France, he greatly admired the works of Cézanne and Matisse, and became close friends with John Marin and Eduard Steichen.

In March 1910 his work was included in the “Younger American Painters” show held at Alfred Stieglitz’s New York City gallery, 291.

He continued a mentor relationship with many PAFA students through the 1930s, including the artist Norman Carton.

An expressionist by nature, he was guided by feeling, believing that 'accuracy is an intellectual quality while art is an affair of the emotions'".