He studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus under the teachers Jan Bronner and Hendrik Adriaan van de Wal.
After a troublesome time joining, he was accepted at the Dutch Society of Sculptors.
He is considered popular in the Netherlands but unknown to the general public.
[1][2] A popular work of his is a series of lamb statues near a fountain in the district of Osdorpplein, Amsterdam, made in 1966.
[3][4] In 1959, he made a statue of William the Orange that was previously on display in Willemsted, Curacao, before being moved to Breda.