In 1940, he traveled to Lebanon and studied English at the American University of Beirut. After graduating from the university, he returned to Aleppo, Syria, to work as an English teacher and an art teacher. In 1956 He traveled to complete his studies at the Royal Academy in Rome, after obtaining a scholarship, where he studied under Italian artist Gentilini. In 1972 he received his doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.

He exhibited extensively during his career and published various books. In 1952, he participated in the Syrian Artists Exhibition in Damascus and won the first prize in painting. He won several prizes including the gold medal from the Italian Senate in 1962, the prize of honour at the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1963, the state award for fine arts in Damascus in 1986. Additionally, he wrote a three-part book on the history of art in 1954.

He passed away aged seventy-seven in 1999. After his death, he was awarded the Syrian Order of Merit.

Courtesy of the Ibrahimi Collection, Amman