| Timeline |
| 1867 |
Born 13 August in Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
| 1884 |
Studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for a month |
| 1885 |
Luks studies in Germany, London, and Paris |
| 1894 |
Joins the Philadelphia Press as an illustrator |
| 1895 |
Travels to Cuba as an artist-correspondent for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin |
| 1896 |
Joins the staff of The New York World as an illustrator and cartoonist |
| 1897 |
Moves to New York City |
| 1904 |
Exhibits at the National Arts Club in New York |
| 1908 |
Helps found the Ashcan School |
| 1913 |
Exhibits six works in the Armory Show |
| 1920 |
Teaches at the Art Students League in New York |
| 1925 |
Opens his own school on East 22nd Street |
| 1933 |
Dies 29 October in New York City as the result of the injuries sustained in a barroom brawl |
