In 1868, he and Rahoult were commissioned to decorate the new . He was member of the artists' colony in Proveysieux and was associated a while with . His paintings can be seen at the Museum of Grenoble, the Musée dauphinois and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry. His painting "Souvenir de La Grave" won an honorable mention at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and was noticed by Maxime Du Camp.