George Luks
American artist
Died when: 66 years 77 days (794 months)Star Sign: Leo
George Benjamin Luks (August 13, 1867 – October 29, 1933) was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting.
After travelling and studying in Europe, Luks worked as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist in Philadelphia, where he became part of a close-knit group, led by Robert Henri, that set out to defy the genteel values imposed by the influential National Academy of Design.
His best-known paintings reflect the life of the poor and hard-pressed on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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