At the Paris School of Decorative Arts, he studied under Gustave Boulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet, then entered the Jules Joseph Lefebvre workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.

[3] A history and sea painter, he also worked on genre paintings featuring cardinals in anecdotal everyday situations, a theme in vogue at the time.

More than his finished paintings, which resulted from great effort, his sketches show precise observation of atmosphere—sometimes characterized by clear, brightened colours, green or orange; sometimes grey and veiled in mist.

In 1902 he exhibited in Paris fifty paintings he made during a stay in the Netherlands, on the theme of everyday life and typical interiors.

[9] He was awarded the Golden Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officier de l'Instruction Publique)[10] Benoit-Lévy died in Nogent-sur-Marne on 14 March 1952.