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.

John French Sloan Artworks

John French Sloan (2,285 results)
Nude Resting on a Bed * Recling Nude (2 works), 1931

John French Sloan

Nude Resting on a Bed * Recling Nude (2 works), 1931

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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Central Park, 1928

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Central Park, 1928

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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Boys sledding, 1920

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Boys sledding, 1920

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

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Fifth Avenue Critics, 1905

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Washington Arch, 1925

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Washington Arch, 1925

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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The Little Bride

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The Little Bride

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Love on the Roof, 1914

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Love on the Roof, 1914

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

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Anshutz on Anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Subway Stairs, 1926

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Subway Stairs, 1926

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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The Movey Troupe

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The Movey Troupe

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Lafayette, 1928

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Lafayette, 1928

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Return from Toil, 1915

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Return from Toil, 1915

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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McSurley's backroom and Untitled (2 works)

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McSurley's backroom and Untitled (2 works)

Sale Date: April 21, 2012

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Gloucester Seacoast

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Gloucester Seacoast

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Night Windows, 1910

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Night Windows, 1910

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Robert Henri, Painter, 1931

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Robert Henri, Painter, 1931

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

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Nude, Terra Cotta

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Nude, Terra Cotta

Sale Date: April 5, 2012

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Woman Entering Bath

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Woman Entering Bath

Sale Date: April 5, 2012

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Still Life, Hat on Chair, 1932

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Still Life, Hat on Chair, 1932

Sale Date: April 5, 2012

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View from Davenport's studio - New Mexico, 1936

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View from Davenport's studio - New Mexico, 1936

Sale Date: March 31, 2012

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The making of an actress

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The making of an actress

Sale Date: March 30, 2012

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

Sale Date: March 24, 2012

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Reclining nude

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Reclining nude

Sale Date: March 10, 2012

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The road

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The road

Sale Date: March 17, 2012

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