His work, of a figurative style and varied themes, is characterised by the rich use of colour.

[1] Bacarisas studied in Paris, France and worked in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until 1916.

He also travelled to Sweden to create sets and figurines for the opera Carmen.

He did the same for the premier of El amor brujo (Spanish: Love, the Magician) at the Teatro Español in Madrid.

During the Spanish Civil War, he relocated to the Portuguese island of Madeira, returning in 1937 to Gibraltar.