 After moving with his family to Alba Iulia (Gyulefehérvár) and attending the local school, he went from 1905–1909 to study at an art school in Zlatna (Zalatna), and in 1909–1912 at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest.After spending a year traveling by foot to visit the museums in Vienna, Dresden, Leipzig, and Munich, he returned home.In 1914 he participated in an exhibit in Bucharest, and completed a bust of George Coșbuc, which is displayed in Sibiu.