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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Nude reclining

John French Sloan

Nude reclining

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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My two friends, Robert Henri and John Butler , 1910

John French Sloan

My two friends, Robert Henri and John Butler , 1910

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Alejandra, 1930

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Alejandra, 1930

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Three nudes

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Three nudes

Sale Date: May 16, 2017

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BANDITS CAVE; BUSES IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1920–1925

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BANDITS CAVE; BUSES IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1920–1925

Sale Date: May 1, 2017

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Black Pot (+ Hombres in the Sun; set of 2)

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Black Pot (+ Hombres in the Sun; set of 2)

Sale Date: April 8, 2017

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BLONDE, ROSE HAT, 1918

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BLONDE, ROSE HAT, 1918

Sale Date: April 7, 2017

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FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

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FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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SNOWSTORM IN THE VILLAGE, 1925

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SNOWSTORM IN THE VILLAGE, 1925

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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Reclining Female Nude

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Reclining Female Nude

Sale Date: March 17, 2017

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Connoisseurs of Prints, 1905

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Connoisseurs of Prints, 1905

Sale Date: March 2, 2017

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Reclining Nude Reading, 1945

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Reclining Nude Reading, 1945

Sale Date: January 21, 2017

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MODEL AGAINST PILLOWS

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MODEL AGAINST PILLOWS

Sale Date: January 25, 2017

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MEMORY; COPYIST AT THE METROPOLITAN;..., 1906

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MEMORY; COPYIST AT THE METROPOLITAN;..., 1906

Sale Date: January 19, 2017

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Girls Throwing Stones, 1915

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Girls Throwing Stones, 1915

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Arch Conspirators, 1917

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Arch Conspirators, 1917

Sale Date: November 3, 2016

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Corpus Christi Procession, 1925–1932

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Corpus Christi Procession, 1925–1932

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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Fifth Avenue 1909, 1941

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Fifth Avenue 1909, 1941

Sale Date: October 21, 2016

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MEMORY (M. 136), 1906

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MEMORY (M. 136), 1906

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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NEW YORK CITY LIFE (MORSE 127-135, 137, , 1905–1911

John French Sloan

NEW YORK CITY LIFE (MORSE 127-135, 137, , 1905–1911

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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GIRL DRESSING, 1914

John French Sloan

GIRL DRESSING, 1914

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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THE CAFÉ AT BETHESDA FOUNTAIN, CENTRAL PARK, 1904

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THE CAFÉ AT BETHESDA FOUNTAIN, CENTRAL PARK, 1904

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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NUDE GLANCING BACK, 1926

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NUDE GLANCING BACK, 1926

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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YELLOW ROCK, GLOUCESTER, 1914

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YELLOW ROCK, GLOUCESTER, 1914

Sale Date: October 20, 2016

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