He began his academic training at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and shortly afterwards, in 1884, he was awarded a grant to go to Rome, where his style evolved towards Modernista forms. He also studied with D. Talarn and the Vallmitjana brothers, with whom he made several complete figures.

In 1887 he settled in Madrid where he set up a big workshop with lots of employees which became a social centre for the well-to-do class and where he received the patronage of Cánovas del Castillo, several times Spanish prime minister. His reputation in society was enhanced by winning a large number of medals at various exhibitions held during that period in Spain and the rest of Europe.

His monuments and public works tend towards a narrative realism, whereas other more independent pieces display features akin to Modernisme, such as, for example Nu de nen (Child Nude, 1900; MNAC collection).

Although he pursued practically the whole of his career in Madrid, in Barcelona he worked with P. Falqués on the Monument to Frederic Pitarra (Plaça del Teatre) and took part, together with many other sculptors, in making the applied sculpture of the Palau de Justícia (Courthouse, 1887-1908; Passeig de Lluís Companys, 14).