Luis JimenezSculptor

His grandfather created blown glass in Mexico

His father came to the United States aspiring to become a professional artist

His father won a nationwide contest, but was not paid because of the Great Depression

His father used his artistic abilities to create signs as an entrepreneur in El Paso, Texas

Luis Jimenez came from a family of artists

He was born July 30, 1940 He was born in El Paso, Texas He began learning about his father’s sign

business at an early age (fiberglass signs) He graduated from The University of Texas

with a degree in Fine Arts in 1964 He went to Mexico City to study art He went to New York City to study art He began creating large sculptures with

fiberglass

Luis Jimenez’s life

1969 – Man On Fire Jimenez’s sculpture of a “burning” man

represented Buddhist Monks who set themselves on fire in protest against the Vietnam War, and the story of the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc who was tortured with was tortured with fire by a

Spanish Conquistador.

Sculptures by Luis Jimenez

Vaquero was his first sculpture as a public commission. The sculpture was of a Mexican cowboy waving a pistol. Even though the sculpture was historically correct, it proved very controversial because of

subject matter. The sculpture is now at the Smithsonian Museum of Art in Washington, D.C.

Sculptures By Luis Jimenez

1989-Border Crossing showed a man carrying his family on his shoulders across the Rio Grande River into the United States.

Sculptures by Luis Jimenez

Print from the WFMA

Border Crossing

Willie NelsonPrint from the WFMA

Los Lagartos/The AlligatorsThis artwork is in El Paso

The Mustang at the Denver Airport

The Mustang

Elisa Jimenez-Project Runway

Luis Jimenez’ daughter is on Project Runway

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