Artist

Gilbert ​“Magu” Luján

born Stockton, CA 1940-died Arcadia, CA 2011
Also known as
  • Magu
  • Gilbert Lujan
  • Gilbert Sánchez Luján
  • Gilbert "Magu" Lujan
Born
Stockton, California, United States
Died
Arcadia, California, United States
Active in
  • Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Canutillo, Texas, United States
  • Long Beach, California, United States

Works by this artist (2 items)

Gilbert "Magu" Luján, El Fireboy y El Mingo, 1988, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Professor Monroe Price and Ms. Aimee Brown, 1998.147
El Fireboy y El Mingo
Artist
Date1988
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Gilbert "Magu" Luján, Cruising Turtle Island, 1986, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2020.22.1
Cruising Turtle Island
Artist
Date1986
screenprint on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2012.53.1 - SAAM-2012.53.1_1 - 82036
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
November 20, 2020–August 8, 2021
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.