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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Standing Figure, Back View, 1916

John French Sloan

Standing Figure, Back View, 1916

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Walking Rain, Santa Fe, 1925

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Walking Rain, Santa Fe, 1925

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Fireguard, 1925

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Fireguard, 1925

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Reclining Nude and Press, 1933

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Reclining Nude and Press, 1933

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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White Cloud and Rock, 1915

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White Cloud and Rock, 1915

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Hombres in the Sun

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Hombres in the Sun

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Landscape, Santa Fe

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Landscape, Santa Fe

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: November 5, 2012

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

Sale Date: October 31, 2012

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Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

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Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: October 31, 2012

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The Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

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The Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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McSorley's backroom

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McSorley's backroom

Sale Date: September 30, 2012

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Atop of the World

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Atop of the World

Sale Date: September 25, 2012

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Seeing New York; New Year's Eve and Adam (2..., 1918

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Seeing New York; New Year's Eve and Adam (2..., 1918

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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A Thirst for Art, 1939

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A Thirst for Art, 1939

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

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Fourteenth Street, the Wigwam, 1928

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Swinging in the Square, 1912

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Swinging in the Square, 1912

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

John French Sloan

Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Moods, 1895

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Moods, 1895

Sale Date: August 1, 2012

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Nude with Wineglass, 1933

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Nude with Wineglass, 1933

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Nude and Etching Press, 1931

John French Sloan

Nude and Etching Press, 1931

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Prone Nude, 1913

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Prone Nude, 1913

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Isaac L. Rice, Esq, 1915

John French Sloan

Isaac L. Rice, Esq, 1915

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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The Showcase, 1905

John French Sloan

The Showcase, 1905

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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