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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Girl and beggar, 1910

John French Sloan

Girl and beggar, 1910

Sale Date: May 2, 2007

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McSorley's back room, 1916

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McSorley's back room, 1916

Sale Date: May 3, 2007

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Night windows, 1910

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Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: May 3, 2007

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905

Sale Date: May 3, 2007

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Arch conspirators

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Arch conspirators

Sale Date: April 29, 2007

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Seeing New York

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Seeing New York

Sale Date: April 29, 2007

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Their appointed rounds

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Their appointed rounds

Sale Date: April 29, 2007

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Better mousetraps

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Better mousetraps

Sale Date: April 29, 2007

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Hombres in the sun

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Hombres in the sun

Sale Date: April 29, 2007

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

John French Sloan

Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: May 3, 2007

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Night windows, 1910

John French Sloan

Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: May 3, 2007

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Nude and breakfast tray, 1933

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Nude and breakfast tray, 1933

Sale Date: March 24, 2007

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Rossignol's drunken advice to Pierre (+ 2..., 1904

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Rossignol's drunken advice to Pierre (+ 2..., 1904

Sale Date: March 6, 2007

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Seven toed Pete (+ Crouching nude and press; , 1929

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Seven toed Pete (+ Crouching nude and press; , 1929

Sale Date: March 6, 2007

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

Sale Date: March 6, 2007

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Reclining nude

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Reclining nude

Sale Date: March 7, 2007

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Stealing wash (+ Rag pickers, 1913; 2 works), 1921

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Stealing wash (+ Rag pickers, 1913; 2 works), 1921

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

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Piano trio, 1946

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Piano trio, 1946

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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Coytesville, New Jersey, XV, 1908

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Coytesville, New Jersey, XV, 1908

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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Herself, 1923

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Herself, 1923

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

John French Sloan

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, 1923

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

John French Sloan

Anshutz on anatomy, 1912

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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Night windows, 1910

John French Sloan

Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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Girl and beggar, 1910

John French Sloan

Girl and beggar, 1910

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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