Question: Facts: - death place: toluca , mexico - training: academia de san carlos , mexico , d.f. - caption: luis nishizawa in 2006 - birth name: luis nishizawa flores - death date: 29 september 2014 - field: painting -lrb- landscapes , murals -rrb- , ceramics - spouse: eva zepeda - birth date: 2 february 1918 - name: luis nishizawa - movement: mexican , engraving muralism , expressionism , abstract art , figurativism - nationality: mexican - image: luis nishizawa -lrb- crop -rrb- . jpg - birth place: san mexico , mexico mateo ixtacalco hacienda , cuautitlan , estado de Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of luis nishizawa .
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luis nishizawa -lrb- february 2 , 1918 -- september 29 , 2014 -rrb- was a mexican artist known for his landscape work and murals , which often show japanese and mexican influence .he began formal training as an artist in 1942 at the height of the mexican muralism movement but studied other painting styles as well as japanese art .in addition to painting canvases and murals , including murals made with ceramics , he was a professor of fine arts at the universidad nacional autonoma de mexico from which he received an honorary doctorate .the state of mexico , where he was born , created the museo taller luis nishizawa to honor and promote his life 's work .