1867-1933. Luks was a member of "The Eight," the so-called "Ashcan School" as branded by the hostile press. He exhibited at the Macbeth Gallery in 1908 and also exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913. His pictures were seen in exhibitions all over the country. He taught at the Arts Student's League and he also started a school of his own. Luks was a member of The American Society of Sculptors and Gravers, The Boston Art Club, The National Association of Portrait Painters, The Society of American Artists and The New York Water Club. He received many prizes and medals throughout his career.

In both his early and late works, Luks shows his feelings for the qualities of oil paint--its luminosity combined with the blending of colors, which helped to produce pictures that were spontaneous and with a rich facture. George Luks painted the life of the city of New York, depicting the people of the poorer neighborhoods going through their daily chores. His subjects were waifs, immigrants, New York street scenes, bar rooms, circus acrobats, markets, wrestlers, and parades. He was interested in anyone who suggested character. Human beings, rather than figures are the subjects that Luks liked to paint.