Louis M. Glackens (1866–1933) was an American illustrator, animator, and cartoonist, commonly credited as L. M. Glackens. He was the brother of

Ashcan School The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, was an artistic movement in the United States during the late 19th-early 20th century that produced works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods. ...

painter and illustrator

William Glackens William James Glackens (March 13, 1870 – May 22, 1938) was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid-down by the conservative National Academy of De ...

Life

Glackens was born in

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. In the 1890s he began to work for '' Puck'', a magazine known for its political and social satire, where his humorous depictions of different ethnic groups reflected the melting pot of

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

Barré Studio Barré Studio was among the first film studios dedicated to animation and founded by Raoul Barré and William Nolan in 1914. The studio pioneered some early animation processes, including mechanical perforation of cels and animating special effec ...

and

Bray Productions Bray Productions was a pioneering American animation studio that produced several popular cartoons during the years of World War I and the early interwar era, becoming a springboard for several key animators of the 20th century, including the ...

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''. He was hired by Samuel Sorenson Adams to create advertisements for the Joy Buzzer and other classic novelty items.

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