Nan Cuz (born Irmgard Cuz Heinemann; 6 January 1927 – 11 November 2019) was a German– Guatemalan painter. Nan Cuz was born in 1927 in Secoyocte, in the municipio of Senahú in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Her mother was Q’eqchi' Maya, her father German.

Here they created the Galeria de Nan Cuz, one of the first art galleries in Guatemala, which soon became the social, intellectual and artistic center of the town and is a work of art in its own right.

Nan Cuz died on the 11th of November 2019 at the age of 92 years. Her paintings are on permanent exhibit in the Galería, Panajachel.

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La Galería Panajachel (Guatemala) shows the work of the painter Nan Cuz and represents a large variety of national and international artists.

In 1968, when her book “In the Kingdom of Mescal” assumed cult status within the hippie movement, German-Amerindian painter Nan Cuz was already a famous artist, having gained renown in the 1950s with her painting “The Madonna of Guatemala”.

2010年9月19日 · "Nan Cuz was born in Senahú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Her work incorporates her native´s land color and backdrops as well as her autochthonous past, making her paintings lively poems of color inhabited by a palpitating soul.

2022年11月12日 · An exceptional life story: Born in 1927 to a Mayan mother, at the age of seven she is forced to start her life anew in 1930s Berlin, the capital of the German Reich. Nan is now called by the name of Irmgard – and wears shoes. Her German father, who ran a coffee plantation Guatemala, works for the Reich Propaganda Ministry.

Nan Cuz-Schäfer was a Guatemalan Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1927. Nan Cuz-Schäfer's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 107 USD to 1,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.