Warburg grew up in a conservative Jewish home environment.
Early on he demonstrated an unstable, unpredictable and volatile temperament.
Warburg as a child reacted against the religious rituals which were punctiliously observed in his family, and rejected all career plans envisaged for him.
He did not want to be a rabbi, as his grandmother wished, nor a doctor or lawyer.

Against the resistance Aby Warburg met with (?)
from his relatives, he forced through his plans to study art history.
Aby famously made a deal with his brother Max to forfeit his right, as the eldest son, to take over the family firm, in return for an undertaking on Max's part to provide him  with all the books he ever needed.
Warburg grew up in a conservative Jewish home environment. Early on he demonstrated an unstable, unpredictable and volatile temperament. Warburg as a child reacted against the religious rituals which were punctiliously observed in his family, and rejected all career plans envisaged for him. He did not want to be a rabbi, as his grandmother wished, nor a doctor or lawyer.
Against the resistance Aby Warburg met with (?) from his relatives, he forced through his plans to study art history. Aby famously made a deal with his brother Max to forfeit his right, as the eldest son, to take over the family firm, in return for an undertaking on Max's part to provide him  with all the books he ever needed.
Aby Warburg