Luks, George Benjamin
(13 August 1867–30 October 1933)
- Mark Andrew White
Extract
Luks, George Benjamin (13 August 1867–30 October 1933), artist and teacher, was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the son of Emil Charles Luks, a physician and apothecary, and Bertha von Kraemer. Prior to becoming a painter, he costarred in a vaudeville act, “Buzzy and Anstock,” with his younger brother Charles, but his career in theater lasted only a year. In 1883 a fire swept through Williamsport, and he and his brother returned home to Pennsylvania to assist in the rebuilding of their parents’ home. Luks did not return to the stage but instead enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1884, taking classes under ...
