Above all, he is remembered for the landscapes he painted in the north west of Zealand as a member of the artists' colony known as the Odsherred Painters.
[2] A self-taught painter, he was unsuccessful in gaining admission to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts but learnt wood engraving under Aksel Jørgensen in various periods from 1931 to 1937.
In 1930, he settled in Åsen near Ordrup in Odsherred together with Karl Bovin and later bought an old homestead near Skamlebæk where he lived until 1944.
They often include buildings, outhouses, farm animals and the occasional human figure but most impressively they sometimes feature horses, often running or jumping about, giving the works a dramatic effect.
His engravings include Tolv træsnit fra byen (Twelve Woodcuts from the City, 1935).