Career
He settled in Vienna after 1945 and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 1948 he was represented in exhibitions of the Vienna Art-Club and has also been represented in many international exhibitions. He taught in Istanbul from 1962/63 and from 1971-1997 was Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
In 1966 he acquired the Renaissance castle Schloss Deutschkreutz (Burgenland), which he has since been restoring.