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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TURKEY FROM UNCLE; MARS AND BACCHANTE;..., 1910–1924

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TURKEY FROM UNCLE; MARS AND BACCHANTE;..., 1910–1924

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GIRLS SLIDING; AND BOYS SLEDDING, 1915

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GIRLS SLIDING; AND BOYS SLEDDING, 1915

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ARCH CONSPIRATORS; AND BANDITS CAVE, 1917

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ARCH CONSPIRATORS; AND BANDITS CAVE, 1917

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EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1926

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EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1926

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FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

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FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

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MAN MONKEY; AND PATROL PARTY, 1905

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MAN MONKEY; AND PATROL PARTY, 1905

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MCSORLEY'S BACK ROOM, 1916

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MCSORLEY'S BACK ROOM, 1916

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SCULPTURE IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1925

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SCULPTURE IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, 1925

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SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926

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SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926

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The women's page, 1905

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The women's page, 1905

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FIFTH AVENUE CRITICS, 1905

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FIFTH AVENUE CRITICS, 1905

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The barber shop, 1915

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The barber shop, 1915

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LOVE ON THE ROOF, 1914

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LOVE ON THE ROOF, 1914

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THE MOVEY TROUPE, 1920

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THE MOVEY TROUPE, 1920

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BONFIRE, 1920

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BONFIRE, 1920

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ISADORA DUNCAN; RETURN FROM TOIL; AND..., 1915–1916

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ISADORA DUNCAN; RETURN FROM TOIL; AND..., 1915–1916

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SIDEWALK, 1917

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SIDEWALK, 1917

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HELL HOLE, 1917

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HELL HOLE, 1917

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SNOWSTORM IN THE VILLAGE, 1925

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SNOWSTORM IN THE VILLAGE, 1925

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ROBERT HENRI, PAINTER, 1931

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ROBERT HENRI, PAINTER, 1931

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WIND ON THE BAY

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WIND ON THE BAY

Sale Date: May 6, 1992

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STORY ILLUSTRATION. MAN ON BOAT POINTING..., 1923

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STORY ILLUSTRATION. MAN ON BOAT POINTING..., 1923

Sale Date: May 2, 1992

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HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN

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HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN

Sale Date: April 25, 1992

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WU TING FANG VISITED PHILADELPHIA

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WU TING FANG VISITED PHILADELPHIA

Sale Date: April 2, 1992

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