He comes from a family of craftsmen.he began his painting studies  in the studio of Arsen Teodorović in Novi Sad (until 1826), then went to Vienna and studied at the Academy (1828-1830). He started in the class of antiquity, and continued with history painting. He travels to Italy, where he remained for three years learning about the art of the Nazarenes. He copied the old masters in galleries and painted portraits of Austrian officers of Serbian origin. After Italy in 1834 he comes to Novi Sad, then to Sremski Karlovci, where he copies the portrait of Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirovic. In 1837 he moved to Kikinda and opened a workshop. in1840, he moved to Timisoara, then to  Arad, where he remained until his death. He was a prolific painter. He worked mainly icons, murals and portraits.