He attended the NAA /1901-1908/ under professors Ivan Angelov, Yaroslav Veshin and Petko Klisurov. He specialized in Munich /1908-1910/ in the painting class of Prof. Carl von Marr. Served as a war artist during the Balkan War and WWI. His art follows the classic principles of illustration. The theme of history /which he interpreted from a romantic perspective/ was an area of interest to him, together with still life.