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1866 Williamsport, Pennsylvania - 1933 New York City. Known for: Urban genre and portrait painting, illustration.
George Luks was born on August 13, 1867 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Luks received his first art instruction from his parents who pursued painting as a hobby. At seventeen he entered the... Read full biography
George Luks was born on August 13, 1867 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Luks received his first art instruction from his parents who pursued painting as a hobby. At seventeen he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Later he went to Düsseldorf where he lived with a distant relative, a... Read full biography
George Luks was born on August 13, 1867 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Luks received his first art instruction from his parents who pursued painting as a hobby. At seventeen he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Later he went to Düsseldorf where he lived with a distant relative, a retired lion-tamer. He abandoned Düsseldorf for the more stimulating spheres of London and Paris. When he returned to America he worked as an artist for Philadelphia newspapers. In 1896 he was sent to Cuba... Read full biography
George Luks was born on August 13, 1867 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Luks received his first art instruction from his parents who pursued painting as a hobby. At seventeen he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Later he went to Düsseldorf where he lived with a distant relative, a retired lion-tamer. He abandoned Düsseldorf for the more stimulating spheres of London and Paris. When he returned to America he worked as an artist for Philadelphia newspapers. In 1896 he was sent to Cuba as a war artist; rumor had it he was captured by the Spaniards and condemned to death as a spy, but he was deported instead and landed in New York, cold, hungry and broke. In 1894 he joined the staff of the "Philadelphia Press" as an illustrator. He... Read full biography
George Luks was born on August 13, 1867 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Luks received his first art instruction from his parents who pursued painting as a hobby. At seventeen he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Later he went to Düsseldorf where he lived with a distant relative, a retired lion-tamer. He abandoned Düsseldorf for the more stimulating spheres of London and Paris. When he returned to America he worked as an artist for Philadelphia newspapers. In 1896 he was sent to Cuba as a war artist; rumor had it he was captured by the Spaniards and condemned to death as a spy, but he was deported instead and landed in New York, cold, hungry and broke. In 1894 he joined the staff of the "Philadelphia Press" as an illustrator. He moved into a one-room flat with fellow illustrator, Everett Shinn. Through his illustration work, Luks became acquain... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •American Flag Images
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Ashcan School
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Caricatures
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •New York City
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Self-Portrait
- •Social Realism
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Europe
- •France Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •Portrait Society of America, National Portrait Society
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •The Eight: New York American Painters
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Dusseldorf Art Academy, Germany, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •John J. McDonough Collection
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
- •Rita and Daniel Fraad Collection
- •Warner Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Kraushaar Galleries, New York
- •MacBeth Gallery, New York City
- •Whitney Studio Club, Later Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts