 His work was first shown in company with Jean Fautrier, and Marcel Gromaire (Galerie Jeanne Castel, Paris 1930).At his first individual show (Galerie Van Leer, Paris 1932) he was favourably received by Pierre Bonnard who seemed to recognize a progressive tendency rooted in his own sense of colour (Post-Impressionism developing into Abstract Impressionism).In 1937 he first bonded in friendship with Jacques Villon.