María Luisa "Malú" Block (''née'' Cabrera; 9 October 1904 – 1989) was a Mexican artist and arts patron. Block was born in

Coyoacán Coyoacán ( ; , Otomi: ) is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in Mexico City. The former village is now the borough's "historic center". The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means "place of coyotes", when the Aztecs named a pre- ...

, Mexico City, the daughter of lawyer, writer and politician

Luis Cabrera Lobato Luis Vicente Cabrera Lobato (17 July 1876 – 12 April 1954) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and writer. His pen name for his political essays was "Lic. Blas Urrea"; the more literary works he wrote as "Lucas Rivera". During the late presidency ...

and his wife, Guillermina. (Spanish) In 1931 she married Harry Block (1902–1975) in New York,Elena Poniatowska
''Miguel Covarrubias - vida y mundos''
(Spanish), 2004, p. 109. a former liaison man between

Constantin Oumansky Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky (; 14 May 1902 – 25 January 1945) was a Soviet diplomat, editor, journalist and artist. Biography and career Umansky, whose family were of Jewish origin, was born in Mykolaiv; he began studies at Moscow Unive ...

in Washington and

Vicente Lombardo Toledano Vicente Lombardo Toledano (July 16, 1894 – November 16, 1968) was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century, called "the dean of Mexican Marxism ndthe best-known link between Mexico and the international world of Mar ...

in Mexico City and regular Mexican correspondent for ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

''. They had two children, named Malú and Félipe. Around 1935 the family moved from the United States to Mexico. Malú Block was co-founder and co-financier of the Teatro Ulises.

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1904 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Mexican painters Place of birth missing Place of death missing Artists from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican women painters {{mexico-painter-stub