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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Bonfire, 1920

John French Sloan

Bonfire, 1920

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Mars and Bacchante, 1915

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Mars and Bacchante, 1915

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

John French Sloan

Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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The Schuykill River, 1894

John French Sloan

The Schuykill River, 1894

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Tesuque roadside

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Tesuque roadside

Sale Date: September 30, 2009

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Landscape, Santa Fe, 1925

John French Sloan

Landscape, Santa Fe, 1925

Sale Date: September 30, 2009

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Bandit's cave (from the New Republic), 1920

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Bandit's cave (from the New Republic), 1920

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Tea for one, 1948–1950

John French Sloan

Tea for one, 1948–1950

Sale Date: September 29, 2009

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Child and thistle in sun, 1916

John French Sloan

Child and thistle in sun, 1916

Sale Date: September 29, 2009

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White cloud and rock, 1915

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White cloud and rock, 1915

Sale Date: September 29, 2009

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Los cerrillos, 1923

John French Sloan

Los cerrillos, 1923

Sale Date: September 29, 2009

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Fashions of the past, 1926

John French Sloan

Fashions of the past, 1926

Sale Date: August 16, 2009

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1915

John French Sloan

Anshutz on anatomy, 1915

Sale Date: June 20, 2009

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Reclining female nude

John French Sloan

Reclining female nude

Sale Date: June 30, 2009

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Central Park, 1948

John French Sloan

Central Park, 1948

Sale Date: June 16, 2009

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Fashions of the past, 1926

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Fashions of the past, 1926

Sale Date: May 15, 2009

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Twenty-fifth anniversary (+ 2 others, Irgr;..., 1926

John French Sloan

Twenty-fifth anniversary (+ 2 others, Irgr;..., 1926

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Man, wife and child (+ Nude at dressing..., 1905

John French Sloan

Man, wife and child (+ Nude at dressing..., 1905

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Nude (+ 2 others, Irgr; 3 works), 1931

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Nude (+ 2 others, Irgr; 3 works), 1931

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

John French Sloan

Sculpture in Washington Square, 1925

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Bandit's cave, 1920

John French Sloan

Bandit's cave, 1920

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Arch conspirators, 1917

John French Sloan

Arch conspirators, 1917

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Love on the roof, 1914

John French Sloan

Love on the roof, 1914

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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The picture buyer, 1911

John French Sloan

The picture buyer, 1911

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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