Born into a wealthy family where his father, a company director and great art lover, influenced his artistic education, he settled in a large villa facing the Bois de Vincennes. After secondary studies at the Lycée Charlemagne and the École Alsacienne, he began higher education in 1925 but quickly abandoned law for art.
In 1933, he married Simone Laverrière, originally from Royan. From 1936, settling into his studio at 100 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, he collaborated with the couturiers Elsa Schiaparelli and Marcel Rochas while also attending Fernand Léger's studio, an experience that enriched his artistic training.
The Second World War changed his life: mobilized, taken prisoner, then released, he joined his wife in Vichy. Expelled as a Jew, he took refuge in Saint-Tropez where he lived in modest conditions from 1942 to 1945. This difficult period paradoxically became fruitful: he formed a precious friendship with Pierre Bonnard and devoted himself intensely to painting landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and self-portraits.
After the Liberation, back in Paris, he returned to his studio and rubbed shoulders with Jean-Michel Atlan, Jean Dubuffet, Serge Poliakoff and Alexandre Garbell. His first exhibition at Raymond Creuze in 1947 was followed by the Pacquement Prize in 1950. In the 1950s, his formal abstract style paradoxically revealed a concrete inspiration, before a return to figuration with large cycles dedicated to Rembrandt, Vivaldi and Dickens.
Influenced by esotericism and the writings of René Guénon, he explored cosmogonic themes in works such as "L'Agartha" (1965). Questioning in his notes the longevity of his work, he died in 1981 and was buried in the Bagneux cemetery.
