Ka cika wannan jumla: Da farko ya halarci Kwalejin Fine Arts (yanzu wani ɓangare ne na Jami'ar Lisbon), sannan ya tafi Paris tare da tallafin karatu na jihar a 1910. A can, ya yi karatu a makarantar École des Beaux-Arts. Ya kuma raba ɗakunan karatu tare da Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso kuma Filippo Tommaso Marinetti ya gabatar da shi ga Futurism. A avowed Monarchist, bayan da
Juyin Juya Halin 1910 ya shiga rikici da João Chagas, Jakadan Fotigal, wanda ya kasance mai karfi mai goyon bayan Jamhuriyar Republican. Wannan ya haifar da asarar karatunsa.