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 the Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule in Berlin-Charlottenberg, studying drawing with Max Kaus and Hans Orlowski.
Career Development and Artistic Style
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