His childhood and adolescence were spent in
San Felipe. Later, he studied arts at the Pedagogical Institute of the
University of Chile. In his college years he was part of the intellectual groups of the '30s, alongside the likes of
Pablo Neruda and Juvencio Valley. In 1938, he moved to
Argentina where he specialized in murals and directed the exhibition hall of the Teatro del Pueblo de
Buenos Aires. In 1946, he participated in the exhibition "Ars Americana" in Paris and the Exhibition of
UNESCO. In the late 50's he moved with his wife , herself a noted Chilean writer and painter, to the city of
Linares, where he taught at the high school of that city. He was also one of the drivers of Ancoa Group and one of the drivers of the installation of the Linares Museum of Art and Craft. He was also the restorer of the historic Museum of
Yerbas Buenas, the "House of Romance". == Work ==