Upon completing his studies with his father, he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, where his primary instructor was Alexandre Cabanel.

In 1881, he married Henriette Augusta Turque (1863-1919); the daughter of Edmond Turquet [fr], the Undersecretary of State.

[4] Tsar Alexander III invited him to Gatchina Palace in 1894, to create portraits of members of the Imperial Court and other aristocrats.

In 1900, he created a decorative mural of Paris at Le Train Bleu, a restaurant in the main hall of the Gare de Lyon.

[8] He was also named honorary president of the "Society of Military Painters" and an accredited documenter for the Ministry of War.