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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Turning Out the Light

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Turning Out the Light

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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Connoisseurs of Prints

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Connoisseurs of Prints

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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Anschutz on Anatomy

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Anschutz on Anatomy

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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East at Sunset, Camino Monte Sol, 1939

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East at Sunset, Camino Monte Sol, 1939

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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THE SHOW CASE; THE LITTLE BRIDE;..., 1905–1931

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THE SHOW CASE; THE LITTLE BRIDE;..., 1905–1931

Sale Date: November 1, 2017

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The Show Case, 1905

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The Show Case, 1905

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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Snowstorm in the Village, 1925

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Snowstorm in the Village, 1925

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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The Women's Page, 1905

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The Women's Page, 1905

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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

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

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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WAYSIDE STATION, 1902

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WAYSIDE STATION, 1902

Sale Date: October 6, 2017

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landscape w/ trains

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landscape w/ trains

Sale Date: September 26, 2017

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Tol Bricks

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Tol Bricks

Sale Date: September 26, 2017

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Nude on Stairs, 1930

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Nude on Stairs, 1930

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Group of 4 etchings, 1915

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Group of 4 etchings, 1915

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Hell Hole, 1917

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Hell Hole, 1917

Sale Date: September 19, 2017

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Factory Scene by John Sloan

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Factory Scene by John Sloan

Sale Date: September 16, 2017

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Hell Hole, 1917

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Hell Hole, 1917

Sale Date: June 28, 2017

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Hell Hole (Wallace's 4th St and 6th Ave), 1917

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Hell Hole (Wallace's 4th St and 6th Ave), 1917

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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GLOUCESTER TOWERS, 1918

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GLOUCESTER TOWERS, 1918

Sale Date: May 23, 2017

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etching

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etching

Sale Date: April 30, 2017

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Looking Seaward, 1914

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Looking Seaward, 1914

Sale Date: May 23, 2017

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Girl with Auburn Hair (Miss Kitty Yoder), 1903

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Girl with Auburn Hair (Miss Kitty Yoder), 1903

Sale Date: May 24, 2017

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Prospector in Apache Canyon, 1947

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Prospector in Apache Canyon, 1947

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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Untitled (Two Girls)

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Untitled (Two Girls)

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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