the popular art and illustrations of George Benjamin Luks /
First Statement of Responsibility
Robert L. Gambone.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Jackson :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University Press of Mississippi,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- A Luks biography : the context of his graphic art -- An illustrator comes of age -- Life on the press : Philadelphia evening bulletin and New York world -- The gilded age from the other side of the tracks : Hogan's alley -- Politics and sarcasm : Sandburrs and the Verdict -- Into the roaring twenties : Vanity fair and New Yorker -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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George Benjamin Luks (1867-1933) is renowned for the oil paintings, watercolors, and pastel drawings he created as an acclaimed member of the artists' collective known as the Ashcan School. His professional development came, however, from his apprenticeship as a newspaper and magazine artist. Luks spent his early career drawing cartoons, spot illustrations, political caricatures, and comic strips for the New York World and other papers. These early portraits and stories of street urchins, peddlers, shopkeepers, and other ordinary New Yorkers would all be revisited in his later painting. He ach.
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JSTOR
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MIL
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22573/ctt2kj5zf
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248482
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Title
Life on the press.
International Standard Book Number
9781604732221
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Luks, George Benjamin,1867-1933-- Criticism and interpretation.