Early Life and Education Born: April 4, 1915, Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland) Died: August 4, 1990, Mexico City Origin: German-Mexican Early life was spent in Berlin after his birth in Danzig. Studied philosophy and art history at Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität (Humboldt University of Berlin) from 1934. Received a doctorate in art history in 1940 with a dissertation on Ferdinand von Rayski. Trained as an artist at th…