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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Charles Paul de Kock, 1904

John French Sloan

Charles Paul de Kock, 1904

Sale Date: November 8, 2005

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Contemplation

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Contemplation

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Subway stairs, 1926

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Subway stairs, 1926

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Connoisseur of prints, 1905

John French Sloan

Connoisseur of prints, 1905

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Santa Fe family, 1937

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Santa Fe family, 1937

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Ping pong photos, 1908

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Ping pong photos, 1908

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Nude at piano, 1933

John French Sloan

Nude at piano, 1933

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Nude at bedside, 1933

John French Sloan

Nude at bedside, 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2005

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Nude and etching press, 1931

John French Sloan

Nude and etching press, 1931

Sale Date: October 22, 2005

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Mars and bacchante (+ Copyist at the..., 1915

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Mars and bacchante (+ Copyist at the..., 1915

Sale Date: October 20, 2005

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The Lafayette, 1928

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The Lafayette, 1928

Sale Date: October 27, 2005

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Turning out the light, 1905

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Turning out the light, 1905

Sale Date: October 27, 2005

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Nude on stairs, 1930

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Nude on stairs, 1930

Sale Date: September 29, 2005

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X-rays, 1926

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X-rays, 1926

Sale Date: September 29, 2005

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Bandit's cave

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Bandit's cave

Sale Date: September 18, 2005

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Coytesville, NJ - Hudson from the Palisades, , 1908

John French Sloan

Coytesville, NJ - Hudson from the Palisades, , 1908

Sale Date: September 18, 2005

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Seated nude

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Seated nude

Sale Date: September 16, 2005

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Seated nude on red velvet

John French Sloan

Seated nude on red velvet

Sale Date: September 16, 2005

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Bandits cave, 1920

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Bandits cave, 1920

Sale Date: October 23, 1990

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Girl in kimono, 1913

John French Sloan

Girl in kimono, 1913

Sale Date: October 23, 1990

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The picture buyer, 1911

John French Sloan

The picture buyer, 1911

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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The flute player (+ Treasure trove, 1907,..., 1905

John French Sloan

The flute player (+ Treasure trove, 1907,..., 1905

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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Sisters at the window, 1923

John French Sloan

Sisters at the window, 1923

Sale Date: June 19, 2005

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Fog bank, Rocky Neck, 1916

John French Sloan

Fog bank, Rocky Neck, 1916

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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