[1] He was one of the thirteen signatories of the Manifesto of Surrealism and the only professional painter in the group of artists who initiated the Belgrade Surrealist movement.
He replaced the surrealist phase by painting still lifes in the manner of Paul Cézanne, a landscape from Serbia under the influence of classical Impressionism and realistic portraits.
Among the Belgrade Surrealists, it was said that he was supposed to play the role of Heir to the Throne, a fake royal newborn, son Draga and Aleksandar Obrenović.
In 1934, with Mirko Kujačić, Đorđe Andrejević Kun, Đurđe Teodorović and other artists, he founded the group Život ("Life" Art Association).
When he heard that partisans and Russian tanks penetrated the street, he ran out of a shelter near Bajloni's greenmarket and entered the fray against the German units.