From there he entered the College of Fine Arts with Pál Szinyei Merse and Károly Ferenczy.

In 1911, he reached Belgium, where he was greatly influenced by the figures of the painter and sculptor Meunier, who portrayed port workers.

For a few years, he himself painted workers living on the outskirts of the city in a summary style in a golden-brown color scheme.

There he met his future wife Juliska Pauler, who worked as a volunteer nurse at the hospital.

At first, he approached the cult of the sun with expressionist symbolism, painting troubled, restless pictures with individual strength.

He developed a mixed oil-pastel technique in order to work with incorporeal surfaces suitable for halo phenomena.

Partly due to his deteriorating health as a result of his war injuries, he went on trips to Italy, mainly to Sicily.