He started painting at an early age and at 14, started at San Alejandro. Having a strong temperament and
unable to adapt to this apprenticeship, he left the institution and started working on his own. His work was
first exhibited in the Salon de Bellas Artes, in Havana. He was a professor at the Paintings and Sculptures Free
Studies directed by Abela in 1939. Travels through Haiti, Europe and the US, where he opened an exhibition in
the Julian Levy Gallery, in New York, in 1945. He worked on many murals and ceramics.

His works are among the permanent collections of the Museums of Modern Arts of: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,
New York, San Francisco; National Gallery in Canada; Bellas Artes, Caracas; Milwaukee Art Center; Union
Panamericana, Washington; Modern Arts of Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Art Museum, Indianapolis;
Bellas Artes, Montevideo; Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lima, Peru; Museo
Nacional, Havana.

1923 Exhibits in the Salón de Bellas Artes of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Habana.

1934 Realizes his first personal exhibition in the Lyceum of La Habana.
1939 Professor of Estudio Livres of painting and sculpture.
1943 Teaches drawing to prisoners in La Habana. Travels through Europe, the United States and Haiti.1945 1st
exhibition abroad in the Julian Levy Gallery, New York, US.
1945 1st exhibition abroad in the Julian Levy Gallery, New York, US.