he only talked about ordinary things from this time such as going to buy pastry and admiring the colors and forms of ordinary things around him. His education began at a school for boys where he had his first experience with drawing. This led to clashes with Félix Bernardelli, who had a painting and music school in Guadalajara and introduced Montenegro to Art Nouveau.

He arrived to Mexico City in 1903, sent by his father to study architecture. Through