Louis M. Glackens American illustrator, animator and cartoonist, was the brother of Ashcan School

Ashcan School

The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods. The movement grew out of a group...

 painter and illustrator William Glackens

William Glackens

William James Glackens was an American realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement...

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Louis M. Glackens was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. In the 1890s he began to work for Puck

Puck (magazine)

Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918.-History:...

, a magazine known for its political and social satire, where his humorous depictions of different ethnic groups reflected the melting pot

Melting pot

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 of New York City

New York City

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 at that time. When Puck was sold in 1914, he began to work for Barré Studio

Barré Studio

Barré Studio was, in all probability, the first film studio dedicated to animation . It was founded by Raoul Barré and William Nolan in 1914. They began with advertising films , then got a series with Edison called the Animated Grouch Chaser...

 and Bray Productions

Bray Productions

Bray Productions was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years before World War I.- History :The studio was founded in December 1914 by J. R. Bray, perhaps the first studio entirely devoted to animation, and series animation at that...

 pioneering some early animation films.

Glackens also worked as a book illustrator, creating humorous illustrations for The Log of the Water Wagon and Monsieur and Madame.