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 little bride, 1906–1906

John French Sloan

The little bride, 1906–1906

Sale Date: October 18, 1998

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Dolly, 1929–1929

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Dolly, 1929–1929

Sale Date: October 10, 1998

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Greeting 1918, 1918–1918

John French Sloan

Greeting 1918, 1918–1918

Sale Date: September 25, 1998

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Christmas dinners, 1909–1909

John French Sloan

Christmas dinners, 1909–1909

Sale Date: September 17, 1998

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Twenty-fifth anniversary, 1926–1926

John French Sloan

Twenty-fifth anniversary, 1926–1926

Sale Date: September 17, 1998

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Antique à la française, 1929–1929

John French Sloan

Antique à la française, 1929–1929

Sale Date: September 17, 1998

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The art teacher, 1937–1937

John French Sloan

The art teacher, 1937–1937

Sale Date: June 13, 1998

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Green's cats

John French Sloan

Green's cats

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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Desert rose, 1924–1924

John French Sloan

Desert rose, 1924–1924

Sale Date: May 20, 1998

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The lookout - Green and orange cliffs,..., 1917–1917

John French Sloan

The lookout - Green and orange cliffs,..., 1917–1917

Sale Date: May 20, 1998

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Kraushaar's, 1926–1926

John French Sloan

Kraushaar's, 1926–1926

Sale Date: May 14, 1998

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Bandits cave, 1920–1920

John French Sloan

Bandits cave, 1920–1920

Sale Date: May 14, 1998

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Nude and etching press, 1931–1931

John French Sloan

Nude and etching press, 1931–1931

Sale Date: May 14, 1998

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Moods, 1895–1895

John French Sloan

Moods, 1895–1895

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Connoisseurs of prints, 1905–1905

John French Sloan

Connoisseurs of prints, 1905–1905

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Fifth Avenue critics, 1905–1905

John French Sloan

Fifth Avenue critics, 1905–1905

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Boys sledding, 1920–1920

John French Sloan

Boys sledding, 1920–1920

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Fifth Avenue, 1909, 1941–1941

John French Sloan

Fifth Avenue, 1909, 1941–1941

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Bonfire, 1920–1920

John French Sloan

Bonfire, 1920–1920

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908–1908

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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Arch conspirators, 1917–1917

John French Sloan

Arch conspirators, 1917–1917

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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The Movey troupe, 1920–1920

John French Sloan

The Movey troupe, 1920–1920

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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The Lafayette, 1928–1928

John French Sloan

The Lafayette, 1928–1928

Sale Date: April 30, 1998

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