biography of Gjura STOJANA (1885-1974)

Birth place: Brisout, France

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA/Santa Fe, NM in 1975

Profession: Painter, sculptor, mural painter

Studied: Europe and the Orient

Exhibited: Mus. New Mexico Inaugural, 1917; LACMA, 1918, 1921, 1928; Salons of Am., 1925; S. Indp. A., 1925; AIC, 1936-37

Member: Archaeological Inst. Am.; Calif. AC

Work: Biological Mus., Univ. Calif., La Jolla (murals); de Young Mus.(mural); Mus. Archaeology, Santa Fe; LACMA; Bullock's Wilshire, Los Angeles (mural); Golden Gate Park Mus., San Francisco

Comments: He immigrated to the U.S. in 1901. He was in the Pacific in 1922 and settled in Los Angeles upon his return. In 1928 he returned to his original legal name. Position: staff, San Francisco Chronicle.

Sources: WW21; Hughes, Artists in California, 537; P&H Samuels, 461.