1473868

George Benjamin Luks Oil Painting, Portrait #1473868

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George Benjamin Luks Oil Painting, Portrait #1473868
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Artist: George Benjamin Luks, American (1867 - 1933)

Title: Portrait of a Boy

Year: circa 1900

Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l.

Size: 12" x 12"




On August 13th, 1867, George Luks was born to Emil Charles Luks and Bertha Amalia von Kraemer Luks in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. After short stints at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Dusseldorf Academy, Luks traveled to Paris and London around 1890, where he admired the work of Rembrandt, van Steen, Hals, and Renoir. Again in 1892, Luks traveled to Europe.



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 acquainted with William Glackens and John Sloan and eventually Robert Henri, and these artists including Shinn later became known as the Philadelphia Five.



In April of 1896, after serving as a war correspondent in Cuba, Luks moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the "The New York World" and began to draw the comic strip, "The Yellow Kid." By 1902, Lusks abandoned newspaper work in order to devote his energy to painting.



In 1908, The Eight formed from the pre-existing Philadelphia Five with the addition of Maurice Prendergast, Arthur Bowen Davies, and Ernest Lawson. They exhibited at the Macbeth Gallery in New York from February 3rd through February 15th.



Luks employment as a newspaper illustrator ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1900</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:12</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:12</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:George Benjamin Luks Oil Painting, Portrait</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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