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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Snowstorm in the village, 1925

John French Sloan

Snowstorm in the village, 1925

Sale Date: October 30, 2014

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

John French Sloan

Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: October 27, 2014

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Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

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Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

John French Sloan

Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Woman with Seated Man, 1913

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Woman with Seated Man, 1913

Sale Date: September 28, 2014

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Invitation to Studio Party * Dragon of..., 1925–1926

John French Sloan

Invitation to Studio Party * Dragon of..., 1925–1926

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

John French Sloan

Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Anschutz on Anatomy, 1912

John French Sloan

Anschutz on Anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Jewelry Store Window * Rendezvous (2 works), 1906

John French Sloan

Jewelry Store Window * Rendezvous (2 works), 1906

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Swinging in the Square, 1912

John French Sloan

Swinging in the Square, 1912

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Man Monkey (from New York City Life), 1905

John French Sloan

Man Monkey (from New York City Life), 1905

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: August 20, 2014

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

John French Sloan

Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

Sale Date: August 20, 2014

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New Mexico Landscape

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New Mexico Landscape

Sale Date: August 16, 2014

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Model Resting, 1938

John French Sloan

Model Resting, 1938

Sale Date: July 16, 2014

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Reclining Female Nude on Blue and..., 1900–1909

John French Sloan

Reclining Female Nude on Blue and..., 1900–1909

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Female Nude on a Chair

John French Sloan

Female Nude on a Chair

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Studies of Female Nudes, 1950

John French Sloan

Studies of Female Nudes, 1950

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Sally and Paul, Reds and Greens, 1917

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Sally and Paul, Reds and Greens, 1917

Sale Date: May 22, 2014

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Night Windows

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Night Windows

Sale Date: May 18, 2014

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Atop of the World

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Atop of the World

Sale Date: May 9, 2014

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Man, 1905

John French Sloan

Man, 1905

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

John French Sloan

Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Man Monkey

John French Sloan

Man Monkey

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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