Career
From 1876 to 1886, he was a student at the Catholic College of Aix-en-Provence, where he met Paul Cezanne during a visit to the Musée Granet and decided to take up art Accordingly, he moved to Paris, taking lessons from Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin-Constant. In 1892, together with Charles Maurras, he founded the "Escolo Parisienco", devoted to assisting young people from Occitania who had left their families to fame and fortune in Paris.
The following year, he had his first showing at the "Salon des Indépendants" and, in 1894, set up his first small studio with a friend.
In 1900, after a successful show at the Salon d"automne, he returned to Toulon, but continued to participate in exhibitions in Paris. By 1917, now married, he was able to move into larger quarters and, three years later, had become successful enough to lease two workshops.
In 1926, he made an extended visit to Serres in Hautes-Alpes, where he produced a popular series of watercolors. In 1929, he briefly returned to Paris to do some cityscapes.