Guillermo Tovar y de Teresa

[6] He stood out for his early intelligence: he learned to read long before entering school, and at age 13 he was advisor to colonial art of the then president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

[8] He was considered a candidate for the Aesthetic Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico,[9] but never wanted to hold a public office or receive any salary.

At 14, he had already given his first lectures at the Institute of Aesthetic Research of the UNAM, and at a very young age he received a distinction from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.

[17] « There is no sacred art (...) where there has been a liberal reform»His teachers were authors of the canonical works of our history and literature I knew by heart Lucas Alamán, Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, Carlos María de Bustamante, Joaquín García Icazbalceta, Herrera, Juana Inés de la Cruz), Vicente Riva Palacio and he could recite them at once.He wrote, among others, about the following topics:[20] Constituted before a notary and registered in the Tax Administration Service, this organization received on August 14, 2007 authorization from the Directorate of Legal Affairs of National Institute of Fine Arts to start their functions.

Some of his publications are the following: «We Mexicans (...) have a bad habit of devouring ourselves, of destroying ourselves after the conquest.» He published (some co-authored, but most individually) a total of 39 works in 44 volumes, including:[20]