Artist: George Luks (1866 - 1933)
Nationality: American
Movement: Ashcan School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
American painter, George Luks traveled for a decade in Europe before returning to the United States in 1894. He worked as an illustrator for the Philadelphia Press and was introduced to Robert Henri by some of his colleagues. Luks moved to New York in 1896 to devote himself to painting. He joined The Eight and the Ashcan School. He had an unusual personality and claimed to live a bohemian lifestyle. Luks worked as a teacher at the Art Students League for several years before opening his own school.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Luks, Innocence, circa 1916
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 The Wrestlers 1905 Oil on canvas 122.87 x 168.59 cm
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George Luks - Mercedes c. 1927 oil on canvas Swope Art Museum American
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George Luks - Subway n.d. pastel The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art American
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George Benjamin Luks - Three Top Sergeants 1925 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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George Benjamin Luks - The Bersaglieri 1918 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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George Benjamin Luks - The Miner 1925 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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George Luks - A Portrait c. 1904 charcoal on paper Hirshhorn Museum American
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George Benjamin Luks - In the Steerage 1900 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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George Luks - Boy with Dice c. 1923-24 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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George Benjamin Luks - Pedro early 1920's oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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George Luks - London Bus Driver 1889 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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George Benjamin Luks - Holiday on the Hudson c. 1912 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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George Luks - Girl in Green c. 1925-1929 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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George Luks - Market Place n.d. crayon on paper Hirshhorn Museum American
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 A Clown 1929 Oil on canvas 61.28 x 50.8 cm
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George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 The Joy of Living 1921 or earlier Oil on canvas
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George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 Jenny about 1925 Oil on canvas 91.44 x 63.5 cm
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George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 Noontime, St. Botolph Street, Boston about 1923 Oil on canvas
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George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 King"s Chapel, Boston about 1923 Oil on canvas 92.39 x
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George Benjamin Luks, American, 1866-1933 View of Beacon Street from Boston Common about 1923 Oil
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George Luks - Dunraven Bog, Nova Scotia 1919 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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George Luks - Sailboat at Night (Maine) 1922 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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George Luks - Great Waves (Coast of Maine) 1922 oil on wood Hirshhorn Museum American
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George Benjamin Luks - Czechoslovakian Army Entering Vladivostok, Siberia, in 1918 1918 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Biddle, George Santayana (profile), 1952
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Romney, George, First Marquis of Townshend, 1792
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
George Vertue, King George, defender of the Faith, after Knoeller, 1807
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George Vertue, Sr. George Lisle, General, 17th - 18th century
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George B. Shaw, George Heriote, 19th - 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Young Knight of the Garter, Possibly George Augustus (1683-1760), Later George II of Great
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George Vertue, George Morley, Bishop of Winchester, 17th - 18th century
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Benjamin West - George III 1783 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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George Biddle, Catfish Row, 1936
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1796 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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James McNeill Whistler - George W. Vanderbilt 1897-1903 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Ray George, Box I, 1974
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington 1787 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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William Holman Hunt - Mrs. George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: City Life: Around the Eight
This installation features a selection of about 25 drawings and small paintings from the Museum's collection by William Glackens, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Everett Shinn, and John Sloan (all members of the Eight) and their contemporary Geo...
Addison Gallery of American Art: Inside and Out: Scenes of American Life from the Addison Collection
These genre works, ranging from formal family portraits, to informal scenes of workers in the landscape, to popular prints produced for publications and mass distribution, represent artists such as Eastman Johnson, Winslow Homer, Enoch W...
Addison Gallery of American Art: Parallel Perspectives: Early Twentieth Century American Art
Painting, sculpture, and works on paper by artists such as George Inness, Ralph Blakekock, George Bellows, Patrick Henry Bruce, Arthur B. Davies, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O’Keeffe present the multiple voices of Am...
Columbia Museum of Art: Edward Hopper and Urban Realism
Drawn entirely from the Whitney Museum of American Art’s preeminent collection, this exhibition presents the work of Hopper alongside paintings by his peers – those artists who documented and explored the many faces of life in the changing urban e...
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Pride in Place: Landscapes by the Eight in Southern Collections
Early in the twentieth century, Macbeth Gallery in New York City was one of the few commercial venues for the exhibition of contemporary American art. Most opportunities for public access to artists' works were obtained through the exhibitio...
Terra Museum of American Art: The People Work: American Perspectives 1840-1940
"By exploring diverse representations from the Terra Foundation for the Arts collection and several key works on loan, The People Work examines a variety of human activities investigating labor. The exhibition questions common assumptions and atti...

Further Artwork and Information:

George Luks Online
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George Luks - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
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http://www.thecityreview.com/luks.html
George Luks (1802 - 1881) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Raoul Dufy - Painter of Joy [Index]
George Luks
GEORGE B. LUKS (1867-1933)
George Luks -- Encyclopædia Britannica

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