During the Peninsular War, he lived in Vilanova i la Geltrú, where he performed decorative work at several homes; notably one belonging to the Llopis de Sitges family, which has since become the Can Llopis Romanticism Museum.
He also decorated the interiors of the Casa del Poeta Cabanyes [ca].
[2] In 1816, back in Barcelona, he began working at the Teatre de la Santa Creu, where he had been appointed Director of decorations and stage machinery.
In 1821, he left Barcelona again, due to an epidemic of yellow fever, went to Manlleu, and painted some sets for a theater in Torelló.
In 1825, he was named to replace Bonaventura Planella [ca] as a Professor of drawing at La Llotja.