 He became one of the first teachers hired at the new "Hungarian Royal Drawing School" (now the Hungarian University of Fine Arts) in 1871 and served as its Director from 1902 to 1905, when he took over the master classes.From the 1860s through the 1880s, he mostly painted portraits and female figures, then turned to landscapes.He also created decorative murals in the Matthias Church, Budapest Opera House and the City Hall in Kecskemét.