In 1949, he was studied at the I. E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Leningrad as a scholarship holder.

At the end of the same year, the artist returned to Tartu, where he was arrested in 1950 like his fellow students Esther Potisepa, Valdur Ohakas, Henn Roode [et], Lembit Saarts [et], and Ülo Sooster.

[2] After returning, he entered the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR, where he studied painting and graduated in 1959.

He designed and illustrated both classic and science fiction works, poetry collections, and children's books.

When the new publishing house Valgus was founded, he became involved in illustrating research works, which he continued until his retirement.