George Benjamin Luks papers
name: label: Creator
content: Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933
label: Names
content: Huneker, James, 1857-1921
topic: label: Occupation
content: Caricaturists
label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The scrapbook, 1902-1948, was lent for microfilming via Barnhardt Crystal of the Washington Irving Gallery, 1958, on behalf of Mrs. Carolyn Luks, sister-in-law of George Luks. Papers on reel 95 were lent for microfilming by the Chapellier Galleries.
creator: label: Creator
content: Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Illustrator, painter, cartoonist, lecturer, teacher; born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Recent scholarship shows 1866 as his birth date rather than 1867, as has been previously accepted. Studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich, London, and Paris. Worked on the staff of the Philadelphia Press, the Philadelphia Bulletin, and the New York World newspapers. Created the comic strips Hogan's Alley, and The Yellow Kid. Was an outspoken member of "The Eight" who exhibited at Macbeth Gallery, NYC, 1908. Taught at Art Students League, was influential not for his methods, but for his strong personality. Known as a hard drinker, his works were imbued with gusto as he captured slum life in NYC.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Reels (ca. 700 items (on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.luksgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NLU-1 & 95 available at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel NLU-1: Originals returned to lender, Barnhardt Crystal, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 95: Originals returned to lender, Chapellier Galleries, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Scrapbooks; correspondence; exhibition catalogs; photographs; and some biographical material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel NLU-1: a scrapbook, 1902-1948, of clippings mostly relating Luks, and to contemporary artists with whom Luks was associated.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 95: clippings; correspondence, including two letters from James Huneker; exhibition catalogs, including one from an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Nov. 1943-Jan. 1944; photographs; and 3 scrapbooks.