[2] Between 1913 and 1916, Maxy studied at the School of Fine Arts, where Camil Ressu and Frederic Storck were among his teachers.
[3] In 1922 and 1923, Maxy studied in Berlin, Germany, along with another Romanian artist named Arthur Segal.
Constructivism dominated Maxy's early works, but he later began painting in a moderate modernist style (noted for its realism and narrative mode).
[2] During this time, Maxy also taught students excluded from the Romanian public education system at the private Jewish School of Arts.
[2] His works are shown in many Romanian art exhibits in Bucharest, Prague, Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Sofia, Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Damascus, and Istanbul.