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

Elenore Plaisted Abbott (1875 - 1935)
Elenore Plaisted Abbott
1875 - 1935
Frederick Vezin (1859 - 1933)
Frederick Vezin
1859 - 1933
James Rizzi (1950 - 2011)
James Rizzi
1950 - 2011
Markus Prachensky (1932 - 2011)
Markus Prachensky
1932 - 2011
Dody Weston Thompson (1923 - 2012)
Dody Weston Thompson
1923 - 2012
Sebastian Black (1985)
Sebastian Black
1985
Thomas Barnett (1870 - 1929)
Thomas Barnett
1870 - 1929
John Henry Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956)
John Henry Bradley Storrs
1885 - 1956
Paul Burlin (1886 - 1969)
Paul Burlin
1886 - 1969
Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
James Turrell (1943)
James Turrell
1943
Mona Kuhn (1969)
Mona Kuhn
1969
Charles Eames (1907 - 1978)
Charles Eames
1907 - 1978
Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935)
Childe Hassam
1859 - 1935
Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966)
Maxfield Parrish
1870 - 1966
Charles Henry Granger (1812 - 1893)
Charles Henry Granger
1812 - 1893

Creators Art brut

Jack Micheline (1929 - 1998)
Jack Micheline
1929 - 1998
Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva (1937)
Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva
1937
Dave Pearson (1937 - 2008)
Dave Pearson
1937 - 2008
James Charles Castle (1899 - 1977)
James Charles Castle
1899 - 1977
Adolf Wölfli (1864 - 1930)
Adolf Wölfli
1864 - 1930
Carmen Mondragón (1893 - 1978)
Carmen Mondragón
1893 - 1978
Curt Mühlenhaupt (1921 - 2006)
Curt Mühlenhaupt
1921 - 2006
Willi Keller (1942)
Willi Keller
1942
Leidy Churchman (1979)
Leidy Churchman
1979
William Jennys (1774 - 1859)
William Jennys
1774 - 1859
Constancia Nery (1936)
Constancia Nery
1936
Anselme Boix-Vives (1899 - 1969)
Anselme Boix-Vives
1899 - 1969
Gertrude Morgan (1900 - 1980)
Gertrude Morgan
1900 - 1980
Mary Tillman Smith (1905 - 1995)
Mary Tillman Smith
1905 - 1995
Jan Knap (1949)
Jan Knap
1949
Walter Spies (1895 - 1942)
Walter Spies
1895 - 1942
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