He comes from a family of artists, his grandfather, for example, was the creator of the Verges du Jardin des Plantes in Paris. He is passionate since very young about painting and entered the School of Applied Arts of Paris in 1955 where he studied mural art for five years: stained glass, tapestry, mosaic and fresco. In 1960, he studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts of Paris where he practiced painting with oil and pastels, lithography, and gouache.