Gilbert Lujan (1940 - 2011) - photo 1

Gilbert Lujan

Gilbert Lujan was an American sculptor and muralist. He is better known in professional circles under the pseudonym "Magu".

Magu's work became popular throughout the 1980s and 1990s for its use of colourful imagery, anthropomorphic animals, lowrider images of outrageously proportioned sizes, decorated with overlapping indigenous motifs (cities, graffiti), Dia De Los Muertos installations, altars and all manner of pop culture borrowings.

Date and place of birt:16 october 1940, French Camp, USA
Date and place of death:24 july 2011, Los Angeles, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Designer, Painter, Portraitist, Sculptor
Art school / group:Los Four
Genre:Animalistic, Portrait
Art style:Chicano art, Primitivism, Naïve art, Art brut

Creators USA

Karl Wimar (1828 - 1862)
Karl Wimar
1828 - 1862
Nikolai Ivanovich Fechin (1881 - 1955)
Nikolai Ivanovich Fechin
1881 - 1955
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850 - 1921)
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen
1850 - 1921
Anton Gutknecht (1907 - 1988)
Anton Gutknecht
1907 - 1988
Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
Tim Eitel (1971)
Tim Eitel
1971
Philip-Lorca diCorcia (1951)
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
1951
Ammi Phillips (1788 - 1865)
Ammi Phillips
1788 - 1865
Granville Redmond (1871 - 1935)
Granville Redmond
1871 - 1935
Edward Cucuel (1875 - 1954)
Edward Cucuel
1875 - 1954
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861 - 1948)
Irving Ramsey Wiles
1861 - 1948
Jens Joneleit (1968)
Jens Joneleit
1968
Frederick Porter Vinton (1846 - 1911)
Frederick Porter Vinton
1846 - 1911
Vladislav Theodor Benda (1873 - 1948)
Vladislav Theodor Benda
1873 - 1948
Olga Albizu (1924 - 2005)
Olga Albizu
1924 - 2005
Leon Golub (1922 - 2004)
Leon Golub
1922 - 2004

Creators Art brut

Sunayani Devi (1875 - 1962)
Sunayani Devi
1875 - 1962
Josef Wittlich (1903 - 1982)
Josef Wittlich
1903 - 1982
Eun Nim Ro (1946 - 2022)
Eun Nim Ro
1946 - 2022
Joey Terrill (1955)
Joey Terrill
1955
Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910)
Henri Rousseau
1844 - 1910
William Henry Johnson (1901 - 1970)
William Henry Johnson
1901 - 1970
Robert Zeppel-Sperl (1944 - 2005)
Robert Zeppel-Sperl
1944 - 2005
Michel Delacroix (1933)
Michel Delacroix
1933
 Sanyu (1895 - 1966)
Sanyu
1895 - 1966
Christian Vetsch (1912 - 1996)
Christian Vetsch
1912 - 1996
Jože Peternelj-Mausar (1927 - 2013)
Jože Peternelj-Mausar
1927 - 2013
Hans Krüsi (1920 - 1995)
Hans Krüsi
1920 - 1995
Gaston Chaissac (1910 - 1964)
Gaston Chaissac
1910 - 1964
Manuel Mendive (1944)
Manuel Mendive
1944
Stephen JM Palmer (1882 - 1965)
Stephen JM Palmer
1882 - 1965
Leidy Churchman (1979)
Leidy Churchman
1979
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