His work was exhibited at the Salon from 1859 to 1913, at the Dijon Salon from 1887 to 1910, and at the . He won the Prix de Rome in 1861 for the category 'paysage historique' (Historic landscapes) for his painting entitled, The Procession of Silenus.French website; House, J., Impressions of France: Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Their Rivals, Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, p. 21
