In 1877, he returned to France to join the Académie Julian[2] where he received lessons from Jean-Paul Laurens.

He was therefore brought back to France to be treated and then pursue his studies on the subject of business economics and did 2 years educational training in commerce.

He then enrolled in the Julian Academy, a school of painting where he was trained by Jean-Paul Laurens who was a well known French painter, illustrator, and teacher.

His field of special interest was Impressionism, an art movement that had its origin in France in the nineteenth century.

[4] In 1888, obtained a Hors Concours (Honorable Mention) at the Salón de Artistas Franceses (Salon of French Artists) and in 1889, was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

His stay provided an excellent opportunity to the young artists of Caracas such as Reveron, Cabre, Brandt, Castillo and others to learn about impressionist paintings.

[8] He stayed in Caracas for less than a year and during this time exhibited sixty of his paintings at the Escuela de Musica.