As an art student he was tutored by Antonio Dattilo Rubbo at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and at the East Sydney Technical College, who had also been his art master at Newington.
He was tutored by Antonio Dattilo Rubbo at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales and at the East Sydney Technical College. This was as an art student. The East Sydney Technical College had also been his art master at Newington.