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)
The Lafayette, 1928

John French Sloan

The Lafayette, 1928

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Reading in the subway, 1926

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Reading in the subway, 1926

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Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

John French Sloan

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

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Hanging clothes, 1920

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Hanging clothes, 1920

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Bonfire, 1920

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Bonfire, 1920

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Boys sledding, 1920

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Boys sledding, 1920

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Return from toil, 1915

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Return from toil, 1915

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Love on the roof, 1914

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Love on the roof, 1914

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

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Turning out the light, 1905

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Turning out the light, 1905

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Nude and arch, 1933

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Nude and arch, 1933

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Nude on draped couch, 1931

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Nude on draped couch, 1931

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Busses in Washington Square, 1925

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Busses in Washington Square, 1925

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923

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Hell hole, 1917

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Hell hole, 1917

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Man, wife and child, 1905

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Man, wife and child, 1905

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The saloon in New York, 1908

John French Sloan

The saloon in New York, 1908

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Boys sledding

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Boys sledding

Sale Date: January 20, 2011

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The artist's studio, 1908

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The artist's studio, 1908

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Seven toed Pete (+ 2 others; 3 works)

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Seven toed Pete (+ 2 others; 3 works)

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Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

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Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

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Shine, Washington Square, 1923

John French Sloan

Shine, Washington Square, 1923

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Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

John French Sloan

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

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Hell hole, 1917

John French Sloan

Hell hole, 1917

Sale Date: October 28, 2010

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