Background
Moyssén Echeverría grew up in Toluca, and moved to Mexico City, where he finished the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, before he studied history at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
Career
At the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México he received his M. A. in history of art Afterwards, he joined the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and taught at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria" Mexican and Iberoamerican history of literature. In 1965, he received a chair of modern and contemporary art at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. From 1971, he was also active at the Seminario de Arte Contemporáneo (contemporary art seminar).
Predominantly, Moyssén studied modern Hispanic art and 20th-century art
Membership
He was a member of the preservation commission of the CONACULTA as well as honorary member of the Academia de Artes.