 Some of his poems and writings were its origins and elements that would create a Cape Verdean review related to anti-colonialism titled "Claridade" in 1936.He created the Galeria UP in 1933 which existed up to 1936, it showcased the first expo by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva in Portugal in 1935.He was one of the introducers of Surrealism in Portuguese painting, in the late 1930s.