Born on April 23, 1906, in Corinth, where he received his primary and secondary education. In 1928 he was admitted to the Athens School of Fine Arts, deemed advanced enough to begin in the second year of the preliminary class, and joined the Painting Department in the studio of Konstantinos Parthenis. During his studies he received the prize for life drawing in charcoal and an honourable mention for life drawing in colour. His greatest and most complete work is the iconographic programme of the Holy Church of the Archangels in Kalamata.
