He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1929-1932 and 1934-1938) and was taught drawing and painting by Umvertos Argyros, Dimitrios Biskinis and Spyridon Vikatos, and printmaking by Jean Kefalinos. He worked with Kefalinos on private projects of his, especially on his book Το Παγώνι [The peacock]. In 1939 he returned to Cyprus. He worked as a teacher of art in secondary education (1942-1944, 1950-1969). During the 1940s he worked regularly as a set designer. In 1964 he spearheaded the founding of the Fine Arts Chamber of Cyprus. His own artistic pursuits arose from his study of the work of the plein air painters, the Impressionists and PostImpressionists, and particularly Cézanne. He especially painted landscapes and scenes from people’s daily life.

He studied the light and colour of Cyprus in depth. He was the first Cypriot artist to become a printmaker. After 1974, he made a memorable series of etchings under the title Hard Times.

He showed his work at solo exhibitions in Nicosia (1931, 1940, 1959, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1992), in Famagusta (1934, 1960), in Athens (1972) and in Vienna (1991). Retrospective exhibitions of his works were organised by the National Gallery of Greece in 1982 and the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus in 1996. He also took part in many group exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad. In 1984, he represented Cyprus at the Alexandria Biennale.