Jozef Cantr studied art at the Royal Academy, together with Frans Masereel then studied Literature at the Von Bissing University from 1916 on, together with the poet Richard Minne.
He studied art at the Royal Academy, together with Frans Masereel; his teachers included Jean Delvin and Felix Metdepenningen. He studied Literature at the Von Bissing University from 1916 on, together with the poet Richard Minne. 
