John French Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)

John Sloan was a prominent member of the Ashcan School of painters. Employing impasto brushstrokes and nuanced color, he depicted everyday scenes of New York, as seen in his works Chinese Restaurant (1909) and McSorley’s Bar (1912). “Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time—condemned to painting for life,” the artist once reflected. Born John French Sloan on August 2, 1871 in Lock Haven, PA, he grew up in Philadelphia where he worked at a print shop as teenager to help support his family. Sloan went on to work as an illustrator for the The Philadelphia Inquirer while enrolled in Thomas Anshutz’s evening painting classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. During the early 1890s, Sloan met the artist Robert Henri, who encouraged the younger painter to copy the works of Édouard Manet and Frans Hals. Sloan moved to New York in 1904, where began painting the lives of working class people amidst the backdrop of Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side. The artist’s empathy towards his subject’s difficult lives led him to join the Socialist Party in 1910. From 1918 onward, Sloan spent each summer in Santa Fe, NM, where he painted the landscape as well as the local Native American tribes. The artist died on September 7, 1951 in Hanover, NH. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Love on the Roof, 1914

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Love on the Roof, 1914

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Woman and Child on the Roof, 1914, 1914

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Woman and Child on the Roof, 1914, 1914

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Roofs, Summer Night, 1906, 1906

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Roofs, Summer Night, 1906, 1906

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Better Mouse Traps, 1937, 1937

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Better Mouse Traps, 1937, 1937

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Knees and Aborigines, 1927, 1927

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Knees and Aborigines, 1927, 1927

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Corner of the Living Room--the Artist's Wife, 1929

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Corner of the Living Room--the Artist's Wife, 1929

Sale Date: September 11, 2021

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SHINE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 1923

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SHINE WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 1923

Sale Date: July 29, 2021

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Looking West, Santa Fe N.M. (from Cerro..., 1923

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Looking West, Santa Fe N.M. (from Cerro..., 1923

Sale Date: August 4, 2021

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Seven Toed Pete, 1929, 1929

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Seven Toed Pete, 1929, 1929

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue à New York),..., 1905

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Fifth Avenue Critics (Une Rue à New York),..., 1905

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Up the Line, Miss? (Morse 243), 1930, 1930

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Up the Line, Miss? (Morse 243), 1930, 1930

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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An Art Lecture

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An Art Lecture

Sale Date: May 21, 2021

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum (Morse 148), 1908

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum (Morse 148), 1908

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Isadora Duncan, 1915

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Isadora Duncan, 1915

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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"Indian Detour

Sale Date: April 18, 2021

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The Picture Buyer, 1911

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The Picture Buyer, 1911

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Nude at Window over Greenwich Village, 1913

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Nude at Window over Greenwich Village, 1913

Sale Date: March 3, 2021

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Bandits Cave, 1920

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Bandits Cave, 1920

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Connoisseurs of Prints, 1912

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Connoisseurs of Prints, 1912

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Florist

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Florist

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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MOODS / AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY FOR THE..., 1895

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MOODS / AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY FOR THE..., 1895

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

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Frankie and Johnnie from

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Frankie and Johnnie from "Him", 1928

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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Shell of Hell., 1939

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Shell of Hell., 1939

Sale Date: February 4, 2021

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Nude and Etching Press., 1931

John French Sloan

Nude and Etching Press., 1931

Sale Date: February 4, 2021

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