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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John French Sloan (2,285 results)
Fun, one cent, 1905

John French Sloan

Fun, one cent, 1905

Sale Date: November 7, 2006

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The wake on the ferry, 1949

John French Sloan

The wake on the ferry, 1949

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Up the line, miss, 1930

John French Sloan

Up the line, miss, 1930

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Arch conspirateurs (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1917–1927

John French Sloan

Arch conspirateurs (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1917–1927

Sale Date: November 2, 2006

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: November 2, 2006

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The wake on the ferry, 1949

John French Sloan

The wake on the ferry, 1949

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Black pot, 1937

John French Sloan

Black pot, 1937

Sale Date: October 24, 2006

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Odalisque, 1927–1928

John French Sloan

Odalisque, 1927–1928

Sale Date: October 24, 2006

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Girls running

John French Sloan

Girls running

Sale Date: October 21, 2006

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Buses in Washington Square (+ Dolly; 2..., 1925–1929

John French Sloan

Buses in Washington Square (+ Dolly; 2..., 1925–1929

Sale Date: August 5, 2006

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George Eliot (+ 2 others; 3 works, various dates

John French Sloan

George Eliot (+ 2 others; 3 works, various dates

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

John French Sloan

Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Kraushaar's, 1926

John French Sloan

Kraushaar's, 1926

Sale Date: September 26, 2006

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

John French Sloan

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

Sale Date: September 26, 2006

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I kin tell you - My wife don't want no vote, 1913

John French Sloan

I kin tell you - My wife don't want no vote, 1913

Sale Date: June 8, 2006

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A Gloucester day, 1915

John French Sloan

A Gloucester day, 1915

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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Night windows, 1910

John French Sloan

Night windows, 1910

Sale Date: May 3, 2006

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Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

John French Sloan

Easter Eve, Washington Square, 1926

Sale Date: May 4, 2006

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Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

John French Sloan

Bandit's cave (from New Republic), 1920

Sale Date: May 4, 2006

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Roofs, summer night, 1906

John French Sloan

Roofs, summer night, 1906

Sale Date: May 4, 2006

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I mistook him for one of the domestics

John French Sloan

I mistook him for one of the domestics

Sale Date: May 3, 2006

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Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

John French Sloan

Easter eve, Washington Square, 1926

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Memory (+ The hell hole, 1917, etching with..., 1906

John French Sloan

Memory (+ The hell hole, 1917, etching with..., 1906

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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