[1] He combined his painting with drawings designed for publication by the press, including political cartoons, which were often signed with his pseudonym "Nyapus".

As a painter, he won medals during his stay in Rome and at the 1871 exposition in Madrid, where he presented his best-known painting, "Zitto, Silencio...que pasa la ronda" (Shut Up!

After helping to organize in the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, he was named Director of the newly created "Museo de Reproducciones".

[1] He was also one of the founders of the "Institut Català de les Arts del Llibre" (a society of illustrators) and twice served as its president.

He also wrote articles on various artistic subjects for La Vanguardia, La Renaixensa [ca] and the Diari Català [ca],[4] and was the artistic director for "Editorial Montaner i Simón", where he illustrated Don Quixote, The Legend of the Cid by José Zorrilla and some of the Episodios Nacionales by Benito Pérez Galdós.