He studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where his primary instructor was Anton Hanak.
[2] He created several war memorials, notably in Aspern, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the Neustifter Friedhof [de],[1] and the "Risen Christ" at the Jedleseer Friedhof [de].
In 1927, he created a relief of Beethoven at the Erdődy Estate [de] in Jedlesee which, until 2013, was used as a monument to the composer.
[3] In 1930, the city of Vienna commissioned several reliefs for community buildings and, in 1931, he received a gold medal from the Albrecht-Dürer-Bund, an artists' society founded in 1851.
[4] In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the Schmerlingplatz [de] and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I.