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George Benjamin Luks Biography
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1867 |
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Born on August 13th in Williamsport, PA
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1883 |
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Moved to Philadelphia, PA
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1884 |
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Enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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1885 |
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Traveled to Europe where he studied at the Dusseldorf Academy in Germany and later painted in Paris and London
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1895 |
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Luks returned to Pennsylvania and started his career as a newspaper artist/illustrator for the Philadelphia Press
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1896 |
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Evening Bulletin sent Luks to Cuba as a war correspondent for the Spanish American War
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1896 - 1897 |
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Luks moved to New York and began his art career there as the premier humorist artist for the New York World
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1902 |
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Became a painter and art teacher
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1933 |
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Died on October 29 in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1913
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Participated in the Armory show
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1908
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Exhibited as a member of “The Eight” (Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, and Maurice Prendergast), Macbeth Gallery
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
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Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
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| Links to further information |
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