He was born in Valenciennes in 1884. He grew up in Nancy, where his father, Jules, was a public works contractor. He arrived in Indochina at the very beginning of the 20th century and remained there from 1905 to 1920. In 1910, he served as a special envoy to the Governor-General of Indochina. Also affiliated with the École Française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of Asian Studies), he studied vernacular art and published several papers, including *Les Ouvriers d'Art au Tonkin* (Artisans of Tonkin) in 1913 and a report on the fourth expedition of the Franco-Annamite Artistic Association in 1914. In 1922, he published a definitive work on the decorative arts of Tonkin. Alongside this, he pursued a career as a draftsman, painter, and accomplished printmaker while in the region, working as a knowledgeable amateur. He returned to France in the early 1920s and exhibited his work at various salons (Nancy, Paris 1928 and 1929, etc.), showing landscapes of Lorraine and the Pyrenees, views of Paris and the South of France (Villefranche-sur-Mer, Saint-Tropez), as well as scenes recalling his time in the Far East. He also painted several fine views of Italy. In 1922, he received the Grand Prix at the Marseille Colonial Exhibition. Exhibiting *hors concours* (non-competing) at the 1925 Paris Decorative Arts Exhibition, he collaborated with the architect of the Indochina Pavilion and designed a suite of furniture. He died in 1952 at the age of 68, leaving behind a substantial body of pictorial work. His studio collection was successfully auctioned off in February 2017 by the artist's descendants.