A graduate of the Phanar Greek Orthodox College, he studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Istanbul. He spent the years between 1901 and 1908 in Paris, where he attended painting classes taught by neo-impressionist Henri Martin and studied at the School of Decorative Arts. At the same time, he began his exhibition activity. Thereafter, he returned to his homeland and travelled to the Near East, painting intensively (1908-1910). In 1913, he moved with his family to Thessaloniki, where, a year later, he was appointed chief engineer of the City, a position he held until 1917, when he relocated to Athens. Many of his works were destroyed at the great fire of Thessaloniki in 1917. In 1918, he became director of the Museum of Folk Handicrafts and was appointed a member of the Artistic Council of the National Gallery. In 1920, he travelled to Sparta, Mystras, Olympia and Naxos, and, the following year, he escorted archaeologist Konstantinos Romaios to Thermo of Aetolia. During the years 1921-1923 he lived and worked in Chios and Mytilene, and in 1923 he was honored with the Award for Excellence in the Arts and Letters. A founding member of the group “Omada Technis” (Art Group), he participated in its exhibitions, but also presented his works in several other group shows as well as in a total of thirteen solo exhibitions. One year before his death, at forty-nine, he visited Paris and Munich. In 1936, works of his were submitted to the Venice Biennale. Retrospectives of his work were held in 1929 at the Zappeion and in 1980 at the Greek National Gallery. Apart from his artistic creation, he was also active in the field of educational reform, working together with Dimitrios Glinos, Alexandros Delmouzos and Manolis Triantafyllidis.
An innovator in Greek painting with impressionist and post-impressionist standards, he mostly painted landscapes that are characterized by formalization and powerful, clean colors constituting the units of the composition.