Painter, drawer and engraver born in Montevideo (Uruguay) on 21st November of 1922.  Studied culture with Alberto Savio (1937 to 1941);  painting with the master Joaquín Torres García (1944 to master's died);  engrave with Arno Mohr (1969).

Travel to Italy (1950);  China (1959);  Russia and Spain (1960) and with an V.B.K.D.D.R. schoolarship  (Democratic Germany) to studied engrave (1969).

Professor at Artes Aplicadas de la UTU School.  Maked some individual exhibitions in Montevideo, Tacuarembó and in foreign countries in Moscow, Sofia, Bratislava, Praga, Berlin and Buenos Aires.

Principal exhibitions:

1952- Collective at Unión Panamericana (Washington D.C., USA).

1955- Collective de la Juventud Mundial (Varsovia, Poland).

1956- Collective "Pintura Uruguaya" (Amsterdam and La Haya, Holland).

1956- Collective de Arte Plástico Nacional, sponsored by Culture Ministry of Uruguay (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

1958- Collective at 1st Interamerican Painting and Engrave Biennial (Mexico).

1959 to 1970- Take part in collective exhibitions in Chile, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and China.

Prizes:

1949- 2nd Prize, mural for Palacio de la Luz, with Jonio Montiel (Uruguay).

1954- UTE Prize, Bronze Medal for his oil "Retrato de la Sra. M.V." at XVIII National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1956- Hermes Mugnoni Arias Prize, Bronze Medal for his oil "Retrato de la Sra. M.V." at XX National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1956- Mention for his oil "Retrato de abuela", at 1st San José Contest (Uruguay).

1956- Acquisition Prize, for his oil "Retrato de Mariana", at VII Municipal Contest (Uruguay).

1956- Acquisition Prize for his litography "Lavandera" at VIII Municipal Contest (Uruguay).

1957- Acquisition Prize, for his oil "Retrato de Graciela" at IX Municipal Contest (Uruguay).

1957- 2nd Prize, Silver Medal for his litography "Cadáveres hacinados", at XXI National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1958- 2nd Prize, at Pintura Histórica Contest (3er. tema), organized by Montevideo Departament Council (Uruguay).

1958- 2nd Prize, Silver Medal, for his fivegraphy  "Suburbana" at XXII National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1959- Prize for Portrait, Bronze Medal for his oil "Estudiante de Bellas Artes" at XXIII National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1960- Portrait Prize, Bronze Medal for his oil "Graciela" at XXIV National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

1960- Acquisition Prize, destino Cámara de Representantes, for his oil "Calle Cerrito" at V San José Contest (Uruguay).

1963- Senators Chamber Prize, Bronze Medal for his oil "Feria" at XXVII National Painting Contest (Uruguay).

He is represented at National and Municipal Fine Arts Museums (Uruguay), at National Historical Museum (Uruguay) and several museums and official institutions of Uruguay, Pushkin Museum of Moscow (Russia), Hermitage of Leningrado (Russia) and in private collections of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Germany, Spain, USA, Russia, Holland, Poland and Belgium.