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George Luks

1867 - 1933

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George Benjamin Luks (August 13, 1867 – October 29, 1933) was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting. After travelling and studying in Europe, Luks worked as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist in Philadelphia, where he became part of a close-knit group, led by Robert Henri, that set out to defy the genteel values imposed by the influential National Academy of Design. His best-known paintings reflect the life of the poor and hard-pressed on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Luks is the 1,980th most popular painter (down from 1,951st in 2019), the 12,284th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,437th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Luks ranks 1,980 out of 2,023. Before him are Laura Muntz Lyall, Hablot Knight Browne, Charles Marion Russell, Arthur Wesley Dow, John Sell Cotman, and Vajiha Samadova. After him are Ghada Amer, John Crome, Gertrude Abercrombie, Stephen Wiltshire, Ali Divandari, and Wayne Thiebaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, George Luks ranks 157. Before him are Flora Finch, Alec B. Francis, Lillian Wald, A. E. Douglass, Arthur Streeton, and Hobart Bosworth. After him are Patrick Joseph Hayes, William Lashly, and Eoin MacNeill. Among people deceased in 1933, George Luks ranks 155. Before him are August Rodenberg, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Alva Belmont, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Ormond Stone, and Edward Dillon. After him are Eddie Lang, and Emily Murphy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Luks ranks 12,287 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Chabon (1963), Niecy Nash (1970), Lila Lee (1905), Enrique Murciano (1973), Meaghan Martin (1992), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (1971). After him are Robert Kirkman (1978), Megyn Kelly (1970), Josh Klinghoffer (1979), Bruce Harlan (1926), Harry Gallatin (1927), and Doug Yule (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, George Luks ranks 144. Before him are Thomas Dewing (1851), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Mike Kelley (1954), Charles Marion Russell (1864), and Arthur Wesley Dow (1857). After him are Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), Worthington Whittredge (1820), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), and Elizabeth Catlett (1915).

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