George Luks
1867 – 1933
George Luks was born in 1867 in Williamsport, PA. He studied briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy before traveling to London and Paris. In 1894, he worked for the “Philadelphia Press” as an illustrator and then in 1896, after covering the Cuban War, he moved to New York where he worked for “The New York World.” There he began to draw the comic strip “The Yellow Kid.” In 1908, a group called “The Eight,” which included Luks, Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, Maurice Prendergast, exhibited at the Macbeth Gallery in New York. Luks taught at the Art Students League from 1920 through 1924. He later conducted his own classes in his own studio. On October 29, 1933 he was found dead, apparently the casualty of a bar-room brawl.
Colliers, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1924-25
Sight size 14 x 20 inches
Watercolor
Signed lower right