As a young man, he went to Belgrade, where he studied with Kiril Kutlik who operated a famous painting school.

He continued his training, under difficult financial conditions, in Prague, Vienna, where he worked with the portrait painter, Heinrich Streblow (1862-1925) and Munich.

In his early period, he painted in the Academic style, as taught in Germany, then was attracted to Art Nouveau.

After becoming acquainted with the works of Nadežda Petrović and Milan Milovanović, he sought to create a more personal style.

He finally settled on a free, Impressionistic approach, brought to fruition during a stay at an artists' colony in Savinac (now part of Belgrade).