Artist George Luks, an Ashcan School painter who a century ago stalked the tattered precincts of New York for subjects. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 50°F.

Titled “Necho Allen Discovering Coal,” the three-paneled mural was painted by George Luks. The history of the painting, and its painter, tells a lot about the region at a time when coal was king.

George Luks’ oil painting “The Fire Boss” (1925) remains in the collections of The National Gallery of Washington. (SUBMITTED PHOTO) ...

George Luks’ oil painting “The Fire Boss” (1925) remains in the collections of The National Gallery of Washington. (SUBMITTED PHOTO) ...

It was the work of George Luks, by that time a well-known American painter who considered the coal region […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 20°F. Sunday, January 26th 2025 ...

George Luks’ oil painting “The Fire Boss” (1925) remains in the collections of The National Gallery of Washington. (SUBMITTED PHOTO) ...

George Benjamin Luks of Manhattan, originally of Williamsport, Pa., was twice in the news last week. In Baltimore, as judge of a Pan-American exhibition of paintings opened with unction by ...

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not ...