Who painted “The Wrestlers”?

“The Wrestlers” was painted by George Luks in 1905. Where to see it: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

What to look for

Ashcan School: gritty everyday scenes of American city life in dark, vigorous paint; Regionalism, later, turns to the countryside and the Midwest.

George Benjamin Luks (August 13, 1867 – October 29, 1933) was an American artist, identified with the aggressively realistic Ashcan School of American painting. Wikipedia

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More by George Luks

“The Old Duchess”, 1905
“Boy with Baseball”, 1925
“Fishermen”, 1920
“Boy with Violin”, 1922
“Railroad Crossing, The Berkshires”, 1925
“Old Gristmill, The Berkshires”, 1925
“The Bersaglieri”, 1918
“The Miner”, 1925