A few months later, however, his restless nature, lack of interest in the family business, and desire to paint and travel led him to hand over the company's management to his brother Albert, a businessman and politician.

Some of his novels were adapted and performed in the theatre, such as L'auca del senyor Esteve, written in 1907 and released a few years later.

In the first decade of the twentieth century, he consolidated his prestige as a prolific painter and writer, both in Barcelona and throughout Spain and Paris.

He was also part of the famous social gatherings of the Els Quatre Gats brewery on Carrer de Montsió in Barcelona run by Pere Romeu, a place of social gathering and an alternative art room, and frequented by a young Pablo Picasso.

Manuel Azaña, president of the Spanish Republic's provisional government, ordered an official funeral in Madrid.

He studied at the studio of the painter Tomàs Moragas, where he learned drawing and various techniques, such as oil and watercolor.

He also painted scenes related to work and of the urban landscape, displaying characters in natural attitudes or engaged in their daily tasks.