Before the turn of the century, four important U.S. artists served their apprenticeship together on the old Philadelphia Press (absorbed in 1920 by the Public Ledger, which in turn was absorbed by the Inquirer). The big four: George Luks, William Glackens, Everett Shinn and John Sloan. Their job, in the days before high-speed cameras, was to record, as clearly and dramatically as possible, the fires, strikes, ship launchings, trials, inaugurations—and even wars—which cameras catch now. They had to work fast to make each early-morning deadline, and yet get on paper the essential look and the significant details of every on-the-spot...
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