He also shared a studio with Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and was introduced to Futurism by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

An avowed Monarchist, after the 1910 Revolution he came into conflict with João Chagas, the Portuguese Ambassador, who was an even stronger advocate of Republicanism.

[2] After his return home, he saw himself as the official representative of Futurism in Portugal and made a failed attempt to publish Marinetti's works there.

[2] Four years later, he and José de Almada Negreiros were the main participants at a conference in the Teatro República, where Futurist documents were read and a manifesto announced.

Others were partially preserved as black and white illustrations in Portugal Futurista and a similar journal called Orpheu.