Albert Lujan
Albert Lujan | |
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Born | Xenaiua ("Weasel Arrow") 1892 Taos Pueblo, New Mexico Territory |
Died | 1948 Taos Pueblo, New Mexico |
Nationality | Taos Pueblo |
Education | self-taught |
Known for | Realisic paintings of Pueblo life: oil and watercolor paintings |
Albert Lujan (1892–1948), also known as Xenaiua meaning "Weasel Arrow," was a genre and landscape painter from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
Three Taos Pueblo painters
Albert Looking Elk, Albert Lujan, and Juan Mirabal have been identified as the "Three Taos Pueblo" painters. As the Taos art colony grew, these men studied oil and watercolor painting and made works of art of their community, told from a Native American perspective. An exhibition of their work "Three Pueblo Painters" was held at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos January 24 – April 20, 2003.[1]
Taos Pueblo
Located in a tributary valley off the
For centuries, Pueblo painters have painted in tempera, clay slips, and earth pigments on woven textiles, interior walls, ceramics, and hides.[3] Looking Elk, Albert Lujan, and Juan Mirabal adopted and mastered European painting materials and techniques.[4]
The beginning of his artistic career
Lujan started his adulthood as a farmer. He was also a church deacon. One day Lujan painted a landscape near the church where he had been doing some maintenance. A visitor noticed his painting on a scrap board and appreciated his work. He bought Lujan some painting supplies and purchased one or more of the resulting paintings.[4]
Professional career
Albert Lujan, largely self-taught, began painting around 1915. Throughout his career, he made over 2,000 oil and watercolor paintings.
Notes
- ^ "Taos Pueblo Artists". Taos Pueblo. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "About". Taos Pueblo. Archived from the original on 2011-04-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "Artists of the Taos Pueblo". Taos Pueblo. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ a b c Witt, D (2003). "Three Taos Pueblo Painters". Traditional Fine Art Online, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "Weasel Arrow." Ask Art. (retrieved 1 June 2011)
Further reading
- Nickens, P; Nickens, K (2008). Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4836-4.
External links
- "Three Taos Pueblo Painters" by David L. Witt