[1][2] During the years 1878–1879 he studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Jan Matejko and afterwards at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under August Eisenmenger and Christian Griepenkerl.

[1] In 1886, after graduating, a scholarship enabled him to spend two years in Italy, especially in Rome,[1] where he completed his training and did numerous landscape studies.

From 1888 he lived as a freelance artist in Vienna,[1] where he presented his works at many painting exhibitions.

In the years 1883–1899 he also exhibited at the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts.

He also designed book covers for Dzieje Polski (History of Poland) by August Sokołowski [cs; pl] .