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

Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972)
Joseph Cornell
1903 - 1972
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 - 1951)
Joseph Christian Leyendecker
1874 - 1951
Henry Wilmer Bannarn (1910 - 1965)
Henry Wilmer Bannarn
1910 - 1965
Jeanne Dunning (1960)
Jeanne Dunning
1960
John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851
Henry Pearson (1914 - 2006)
Henry Pearson
1914 - 2006
Peter Coffin (1972)
Peter Coffin
1972
Carlos Almaraz (1941 - 1989)
Carlos Almaraz
1941 - 1989
Jack Pierson (1960)
Jack Pierson
1960
Henriette Wyeth Hurd (1907 - 1997)
Henriette Wyeth Hurd
1907 - 1997
Jean-Michel Frank (1895 - 1941)
Jean-Michel Frank
1895 - 1941
Christina Quarles (1985)
Christina Quarles
1985
Nicola Tyson (1960)
Nicola Tyson
1960
Joop Sanders (1921 - 2023)
Joop Sanders
1921 - 2023
Tom Blackwell (1938 - 2020)
Tom Blackwell
1938 - 2020
Sarah Sze (1969)
Sarah Sze
1969

Creators Art brut

Djordje Sijakovic (1901 - 1977)
Djordje Sijakovic
1901 - 1977
Karel Appel (1921 - 2006)
Karel Appel
1921 - 2006
Brian Calvin (1969)
Brian Calvin
1969
Franjo Filipovic (1930 - 2009)
Franjo Filipovic
1930 - 2009
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 - 1988
Roby Dwi Antono (1990)
Roby Dwi Antono
1990
Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944)
Hilma af Klint
1862 - 1944
Dave Pearson (1937 - 2008)
Dave Pearson
1937 - 2008
Robert Zeppel-Sperl (1944 - 2005)
Robert Zeppel-Sperl
1944 - 2005
Horace Pippin (1888 - 1946)
Horace Pippin
1888 - 1946
Adolf Dietrich (1877 - 1957)
Adolf Dietrich
1877 - 1957
Mark Gertler (1891 - 1939)
Mark Gertler
1891 - 1939
 T. C. Cannon (1946 - 1978)
T. C. Cannon
1946 - 1978
Vladimir Herceg-Pustodolčan (1947)
Vladimir Herceg-Pustodolčan
1947
Donald Mitchell (1951)
Donald Mitchell
1951
Francisco Matto (1911 - 1995)
Francisco Matto
1911 - 1995
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