GEORGE LUKS 1866-1933 The Cafe Francis, c. 1906 Oil on canvas, 36 X 42 (91.44 x 106.68 cm.) Signed, lower left Museum purchase, 960-0-105 The joie de vivre animating The Cafe Francis also characterized its creator, popularly known as Lusty Luks. Contemporaries spoke admiringly of both George Luks's art and his persona; the vitality of him! declared the New York critic James Huneker.1 Luks, ...