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)
House in Gloucester

John French Sloan

House in Gloucester

Sale Date: March 6, 2008

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Realization (study), 1947

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Realization (study), 1947

Sale Date: March 7, 2008

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Fourteenth Street, the wigwam, 1928

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Fourteenth Street, the wigwam, 1928

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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Fashions of the past, 1926

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Fashions of the past, 1926

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

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Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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Reclining female nude

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Reclining female nude

Sale Date: January 9, 2008

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The gesture, 1915

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The gesture, 1915

Sale Date: December 2, 2007

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Serenade

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Serenade

Sale Date: November 10, 2007

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Sally and Paul, reds and greens, 1917

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Sally and Paul, reds and greens, 1917

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Country road

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Country road

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Carol with red curls, 1916

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Carol with red curls, 1916

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Memory, 1906

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Memory, 1906

Sale Date: November 6, 2007

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Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

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Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

Sale Date: October 31, 2007

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Snowstorm in the village, 1925

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Snowstorm in the village, 1925

Sale Date: October 31, 2007

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Night windows, 1910

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Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: October 31, 2007

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Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

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Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

Sale Date: October 30, 2007

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Love on the roof, 1914

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Love on the roof, 1914

Sale Date: October 30, 2007

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Night windows, 1910

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Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: October 30, 2007

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Sunbathers on the roof, 1941

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Sunbathers on the roof, 1941

Sale Date: October 5, 2007

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Nude leaning over chaise, 1933

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Nude leaning over chaise, 1933

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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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 20, 2007

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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 20, 2007

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Jewelry store window, 1906

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Jewelry store window, 1906

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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James B. Moore, 1905

John French Sloan

James B. Moore, 1905

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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