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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The prostitute

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The prostitute

Sale Date: March 5, 2009

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Celia, pink waist and apron, 1915

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Celia, pink waist and apron, 1915

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Frog Pond, Gloucester, 1915

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Frog Pond, Gloucester, 1915

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Central Park, 1948

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Central Park, 1948

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Farm house, Pennsylvania

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Farm house, Pennsylvania

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Long Island, 1930

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Long Island, 1930

Sale Date: February 14, 2009

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Landscape, Santa Fe, 1925

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Landscape, Santa Fe, 1925

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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A rural landscape with wagon, horse and dog..., 1908

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A rural landscape with wagon, horse and dog..., 1908

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Little ranch house, 1926

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Little ranch house, 1926

Sale Date: December 4, 2008

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Looking seaward

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Looking seaward

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Reddy in the tree

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Reddy in the tree

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Night windows, 1910

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Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: November 3, 2008

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

Sale Date: October 31, 2008

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Roofs, summer night, 1906

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Roofs, summer night, 1906

Sale Date: October 31, 2008

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Sunbathers on the roof, 1941

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Sunbathers on the roof, 1941

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Subway stairs (+ Girl and beggar; 2..., 1910–1926

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Subway stairs (+ Girl and beggar; 2..., 1910–1926

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Night windows, 1910

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Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Turning out the light, from New York City life, 1905

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Turning out the light, from New York City life, 1905

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Fifth Avenue critics, from New York City..., 1905

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Fifth Avenue critics, from New York City..., 1905

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Nude and breakfast tray (+ Nude on hearth; 2 , 1933

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Nude and breakfast tray (+ Nude on hearth; 2 , 1933

Sale Date: September 23, 2008

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Contre Danse (+ Brunette, head and..., 1925

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Contre Danse (+ Brunette, head and..., 1925

Sale Date: September 23, 2008

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Stealing the wash, 1921

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Stealing the wash, 1921

Sale Date: September 23, 2008

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Girls running, 1914

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Girls running, 1914

Sale Date: September 23, 2008

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Combing her hair, 1913

John French Sloan

Combing her hair, 1913

Sale Date: September 23, 2008

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