George Luks
American artist (1867-1933) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 66
George Benjamin Luks was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting.
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![Luks' 1899 cartoon "The menace of the Hour" about "The Traction Monster" following the awarding of a no bid subway franchise contract by New York City's Tammany Hall[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/OctopusTheVerdict1899.jpg/1280px-OctopusTheVerdict1899.jpg)
Luks' 1899 cartoon "The menace of the Hour" about "The Traction Monster" following the awarding of a no bid subway franchise contract by New York City's Tammany Hall[1]
Allen Street, c. 1905, Hunter Museum of American Art
Street Scene (Hester Street), 1905, oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum
Houston Street, 1917, oil on canvas, Saint Louis Art Museum
Armistice Night, 1918, oil on canvas
Otis Skinner as Col. Philippe Bridau, 1919
The White Blackbird, a 1919 portrait of Margarett SargentAbout this person
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1933 · aged 66
