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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Portrait of a Man

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Portrait of a Man

Sale Date: July 19, 2019

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Hanging clothes

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Hanging clothes

Sale Date: July 17, 2019

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: June 28, 2019

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The Lusitania in Dock, 1908

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The Lusitania in Dock, 1908

Sale Date: June 28, 2019

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Fun, One Cent, 1905

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Fun, One Cent, 1905

Sale Date: June 28, 2019

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1909

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1909

Sale Date: June 28, 2019

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“Lucky!” cried Buck Thorney – I don’t see the...

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“Lucky!” cried Buck Thorney – I don’t see the...

Sale Date: June 28, 2019

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Bandit's Cave, 1920

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Bandit's Cave, 1920

Sale Date: May 22, 2019

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Hell Hole, 1917

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Hell Hole, 1917

Sale Date: May 22, 2019

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Two works of art: Nude and Newspapers, 1933

John French Sloan

Two works of art: Nude and Newspapers, 1933

Sale Date: May 4, 2019

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Washington Arch, 1923

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Washington Arch, 1923

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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The Women's Page, 1905

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The Women's Page, 1905

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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The Wake on the Ferry, 1949

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The Wake on the Ferry, 1949

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

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Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Kraushaar's, 1926

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Kraushaar's, 1926

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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Hell Hole, 1917

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Hell Hole, 1917

Sale Date: May 2, 2019

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A THIRST FOR ART, 1939

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A THIRST FOR ART, 1939

Sale Date: April 30, 2019

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EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1926

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EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1926

Sale Date: April 30, 2019

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SUNDAY, DRYING THEIR HAIR ON THE ROOF, 1923

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SUNDAY, DRYING THEIR HAIR ON THE ROOF, 1923

Sale Date: April 30, 2019

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum (An..., 1908

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum (An..., 1908

Sale Date: May 7, 2019

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Turning Out the Light, from New York City Life, 1905

John French Sloan

Turning Out the Light, from New York City Life, 1905

Sale Date: May 7, 2019

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The Wake on the Ferry, 1949

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The Wake on the Ferry, 1949

Sale Date: March 23, 2019

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Buses in Washington Square, 1925

John French Sloan

Buses in Washington Square, 1925

Sale Date: March 23, 2019

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