Continuing his studies in Paris, where he lived for five years, he was in contact with post-impressionists such as Ramon Casas, Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec, yet his tendencies were always to a thematic that was more ethnic in scope.
Nastavljajući svoj studij u Parizu, gdje je živio pet godina, bio je on u kontaktu s post-impresionistima: kao što su Ramon Casas, Gauguin i Toulouse-Lautrec, ali su njegove tendencije uvijek tematski bile više etničke.