Career
He was a pupil of Paul Quinsac at the école des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux. He had his stay in Rome after the war with his fellow painter Jean Dupas. His associations with America began in 1924-1936 as a teacher of the American art students sent to study at the École des Beaux-Arts de Fontainebleau.
When World World War II broke out he emigrated to America, settling in Louisiana, and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport.
The Texas oil millionaire Algur Meadows acquired a 360-piece collection of oil paintings and watercolors in 1969 and the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana was built to house these paintings.