America / c. 1912
Holiday on the Hudson
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Holiday on the Hudson as painting (America · c. 1912).
Luks often boasted about being an amateur boxing champion, but this was later revealed to be a tall tale.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits George Luks (American, 1866–1933).
The museum's collection notes: A sun-dappled scene of middle-class leisure, Holiday on the Hudson is an atypical work by Luks, who more often turned to gritty tenement subjects for inspiration. Throughout his career, the painter fashioned himself as a brash, profane, and hard-drinking antagonist to New York’s genteel art-world establishment. The museum purchased this work just four months before the artist was beaten to death in the wake of a speakeasy argument.
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