In 1948 he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest. The following year he had the great opportunity to emigrate to Israel, where he continued his studies at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he attended Mordecai Ardon's course. Four years later he exhibited at the Micra-Studio gallery in Tel Aviv; the critical acclaim was so good that he was awarded a scholarship, thanks to which he moved to Italy in 1954, where he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome.