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)
HELL HOLE, 1917

John French Sloan

HELL HOLE, 1917

Sale Date: November 5, 1991

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY, 1912

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ANSHUTZ ON ANATOMY, 1912

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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HELL HOLE, 1917

John French Sloan

HELL HOLE, 1917

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

John French Sloan

FOURTEENTH STREET, THE WIGWAM, 1928

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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ROOFS, SUMMER NIGHT, 1906

John French Sloan

ROOFS, SUMMER NIGHT, 1906

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

John French Sloan

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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LOVE ON THE ROOF, 1914

John French Sloan

LOVE ON THE ROOF, 1914

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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FUN, ONE CENT, 1905

John French Sloan

FUN, ONE CENT, 1905

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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MAN MONKEY, 1905

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MAN MONKEY, 1905

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926

John French Sloan

SUBWAY STAIRS, 1926

Sale Date: November 4, 1991

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CROUCHED NUDE AND PRESS (MORSE 248), 1931

John French Sloan

CROUCHED NUDE AND PRESS (MORSE 248), 1931

Sale Date: October 26, 1991

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NUDE AND HALO (M. 258 III/III), 1931

John French Sloan

NUDE AND HALO (M. 258 III/III), 1931

Sale Date: October 26, 1991

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WAKE OF THE FERRY, 1949

John French Sloan

WAKE OF THE FERRY, 1949

Sale Date: October 24, 1991

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NUDE AT THE PIANO & NUDE AND ETCHING..., 1931–1933

John French Sloan

NUDE AT THE PIANO & NUDE AND ETCHING..., 1931–1933

Sale Date: October 23, 1991

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WINNMOWING WHEAT (M. 297), 1937

John French Sloan

WINNMOWING WHEAT (M. 297), 1937

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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TURNING OUT THE LIGHT (M. 134), 1905

John French Sloan

TURNING OUT THE LIGHT (M. 134), 1905

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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FIFTH AVENUE CRITICS (M. 128), 1905

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FIFTH AVENUE CRITICS (M. 128), 1905

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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MEMORY (M. 136), 1906

John French Sloan

MEMORY (M. 136), 1906

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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GIRLS SLIDING (M. 171), 1915

John French Sloan

GIRLS SLIDING (M. 171), 1915

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE (M. 222), 1926

John French Sloan

EASTER EVE, WASHINGTON SQUARE (M. 222), 1926

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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SIXTH AVENUE, GREENWICH VILLAGE (M. 207), 1923

John French Sloan

SIXTH AVENUE, GREENWICH VILLAGE (M. 207), 1923

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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SCHUYKILL RIVER (MORSE 60), 1894

John French Sloan

SCHUYKILL RIVER (MORSE 60), 1894

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

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ROOFS, SUMMER NIGHT (M. 137), 1906

John French Sloan

ROOFS, SUMMER NIGHT (M. 137), 1906

Sale Date: September 26, 1991

Auction Closed

DEDHAM CASTLE, TURNER, 1888

John French Sloan

DEDHAM CASTLE, TURNER, 1888

Sale Date: September 16, 1991

Auction Closed

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