He endured the Second World War in Europe and was imprisoned in the Nazi camps.

In 1949, at the age of 17, he immigrated to Israel and was absorbed into a youth immigration institute. A year later, he received a study scholarship at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem.

He studied under the guidance of Ardon, Ascheim, Eizenscher, Vitkin and Yossi Stern.

Upon completion of his studies, he served in the Israel Defense Force and studied painting and sculpture at the Avni Institute.

For a long period he painted impressions of the Holocaust and the war in oil colors.

From 1973, he has been painting sceneries with dry pastel colors on paper.

He has held about 20 solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions with other artists.

In 2004, he participated in a pastel color Biennale in Poland.