In the years of 1848 to 1856, he studied at the January Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he was taught by Wojciech Stattler, Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and sculpture by Henryk Kossowski. He completed his further studies in Munich and Rome.
In the years of 1860 to 1861, he travelled around the Balkans and the Near East. And in 1873 around Russia. Between the years of 1877 to 1899, he was a professor at the January Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in KrakóWest
His paintings are themed around religion, and he made many polychromes for churches in Lesser Poland.
During his time as professor, he taught many artists which lived in Krakow at the time, inter alia: Józef Mehoffer, Edward Okuń, Wojciech Weiss, Ludwik Stasiak, Stanisław Wyspiański, and Zefiryn Ćwikliński. He was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery, in the tomb of the Szubertów Family, in the Fifth Quarter.
