 He continued his studies at the Academy of Painting in Bucharest and befriended the artist Victor Brauner.In 1922, after Bessarabia had become part of Romania, Michonze moved to Paris and met Max Ernst who later introduced him to the Surrealists, notably André Breton, Paul Éluard, Yves Tanguy and André Masson.He furthered his art studies by taking classes at the École des Beaux-Arts.