He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice under professor Ludovico Lipparini, while he is also believed to have trained with Nikolaos Kantounis in Zakynthos. During his studies, he participated in two exhibitions in Venice. In 1847, he returned to Greece and, in 1856, he was appointed professor of drawing and painting at the Arsakeio school.
He painted historical themes inspired by the Greek Revolution, which are characterized by emotional charge. Starting in 1850, he began to also paint portraits of personalities, his relatives and professors of the University of Athens, the latter intended for the decoration of the room of ceremonies and marked by a rather academic style, mixed with certain elements of Ionian painting. Near the end of his life, he undertook an assignment by the Greek state to paint the portraits of the fighters of the Revolution, but he died before he had the chance to complete the entire project. These works are currently kept at the National Historical Museum, while their preliminary drafts are at the Koutlidis collection and the Benaki Museum.

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  Triumphal Entry of Othon and Amalia in Athens
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  Kolokotronis Puts his Son under Oath
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  Corfiot Woman and Young Man
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  Προσωπογραφία του Κερκυραίου δικηγόρου Δονάτου Δημουλίτσα