Life on the press : the popular art and illustrations of George Benjamin Luks

Life on the press : the popular art and illustrations of George Benjamin Luks / Robert L. Gambone.

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. L...

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Main Author: Gambone, Robert L., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Subjects:
Luks, George Benjamin, > 1867-1933 > Criticism and interpretation.
Luks, George Benjamin, > 1867-1933
ART > History > General.
ART > Individual Artists > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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