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Luks, George Benjamin (1867-1933)

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Name
Luks, George Benjamin (1867-1933)
Nationality
American
Biography
American painter and draftsman, he spent a year at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts in the early 1880s before traveling to Europe in 1885. In 1894 he became an artist and reporter for the Philadelphia Press where he met Robert Henri, John Sloan, William J. Glackens, and Everett Shinn. His style was comprised of dark slashing strokes, and his subject matter was typically the social outcasts of New York City. This led his work to be characterized as part of the Ashcan school. He exhibited in the Armory Show of 1913.
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Assets (50 in total)

Hester Street, 1905 (oil on canvas)
Nursemaids, High Bridge Park (oil on canvas)
Boxing Match, 1910 (oil on canvas)
Summer Day, Boston Public Garden, c.1923 (oil on canvas)
The Cafe Francis, 1906 (oil on canvas)
The Wrestlers, 1905 (oil on canvas)
Holiday on the Hudson, c.1912 (oil on canvas)
Postcard to Robert Henri, 1908 (ink on paper)
Portrait of a Baby, early 20th century (oil on canvas)
Foggy Night, New York, (oil on canvas)
Knitters, High Bridge Park, (oil on canvas)
Three Top Sergeants, 1925 (oil on canvas)
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