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

George Catlin (1796 - 1872)
George Catlin
1796 - 1872
Ellen Berkenblit (1958)
Ellen Berkenblit
1958
Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907 - 1984)
Catherine Tharp Altvater
1907 - 1984
Howard Allen Trafton (1897 - 1964)
Howard Allen Trafton
1897 - 1964
David Hockney (1937)
David Hockney
1937
Simon Lissim (1900 - 1981)
Simon Lissim
1900 - 1981
Don Gummer (1946)
Don Gummer
1946
Gene Davis (1920 - 1985)
Gene Davis
1920 - 1985
Beverly Pepper (1922 - 2020)
Beverly Pepper
1922 - 2020
Trey Abdella (1994)
Trey Abdella
1994
Robert Gober (1954)
Robert Gober
1954
Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909 - 1945)
Milena Pavlović-Barili
1909 - 1945
Pierre Clerk (1928)
Pierre Clerk
1928
Floyd Gottfredson (1905 - 1986)
Floyd Gottfredson
1905 - 1986
Karl Albert Kasten (1916 - 2010)
Karl Albert Kasten
1916 - 2010
Spencer Finch (1962)
Spencer Finch
1962

Creators Art brut

Vladimir Davydovych Burliuk (1886 - 1917)
Vladimir Davydovych Burliuk
1886 - 1917
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 - 1988
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (1940)
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1940
Joan Miró (1893 - 1983)
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
David Cusick (1780 - 1840)
David Cusick
1780 - 1840
Constancia Nery (1936)
Constancia Nery
1936
Louis Vivin (1861 - 1936)
Louis Vivin
1861 - 1936
Chico da Silva (1910 - 1985)
Chico da Silva
1910 - 1985
William Edmondson (1874 - 1951)
William Edmondson
1874 - 1951
Jean Pougny (1892 - 1956)
Jean Pougny
1892 - 1956
Vestie Davis (1903 - 1978)
Vestie Davis
1903 - 1978
Wang Min (1986)
Wang Min
1986
Niko Pirosmani (1862 - 1918)
Niko Pirosmani
1862 - 1918
Paul Augustin Aizpiri (1919 - 2016)
Paul Augustin Aizpiri
1919 - 2016
John Richards (1831 - 1889)
John Richards
1831 - 1889
Waltraud Bücheler (1937)
Waltraud Bücheler
1937
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