He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Spyridon Prosalentis, Konstantinos Volanakis and Nikiforos Lytras.

He went on to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1895 to 1899 where he studied with Nikolaos Gyzis and Franz Stuck, and in the studio of Georgios Jakobides.

[1] After returning to Greece he taught portraiture at the Ladies Art School.

His work is generally conventional and follows the principles of the Munich School.

He participated in the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and in many group exhibitions in Greece.